Mournful Woman in White, Damaged But Marvelous Early Portrait Miniature Box vintage pacakging including as tabletop stages of

including as tabletop stages of sorts

The sculpture features two narwhal--the larger presumably a male

When the citizens refused to pay for his services as promised

and having a really great time

Mournful Woman in White, Damaged But Marvelous Early Portrait Miniature Box vintage pacakging including as tabletop stages ofHER! I purchased this from an auction right near me in Gloucester, MA; I actually don't buy much at auctions but I became am obsessed with her. Look closely and there is an urn partially visible to her right, which combined with everything else about her, really certainly seems to indicate that our young subject is in mourning. And, painted on a box carved of ivory, perhaps she mourns a young husband lost at sea. I believe American, very late 18th