19th C. Staffordshire Spill Vase with Doves and Snakes sanborn and carter And on the back that

And on the back that he felt it important to indicate that the photo was in fact "my picture"

It actually makes me envision a horse named Wonder

the detail on the chair and of the caning pattern especially brings a lot of extra life and specificity to the portrait

though he also looks a bit as if he might be just-in from a long day fishing out in the rain or snow

in which someone saw a figure and decided to help it along a bit in fully emerging

19th C. Staffordshire Spill Vase with Doves and Snakes sanborn and carter And on the back thatSometimes one wants something that feels like a bit of Rococo fun, plus I love a snake, this one about to steal an egg from the nest of this pair of doves in what one could read as a clash between good and evil. 19th c. Staffordshire, with hand painted details in gold and black and green. The form is that of a spill vase, typically kept on the mantle and used for containing splints, spills, and tapers for transferring fire, for example to light a