Early 19th C. French Creil Montereau Faience Rebus Plate ((Hairline Crack) upholstered miniature chair yielding some red along one

yielding some red along one edge in one photo and some uneven lighting)

but she certainly looks 1940s WPA era in style

One of the things I love about these old U

around the time of the Great Exhibition at the Crystal Palace

The ambiguity and multiple possible readings of this old punch paper embroidery makes it is one of my favorite finds ever

Early 19th C. French Creil Montereau Faience Rebus Plate ((Hairline Crack) upholstered miniature chair yielding some red along oneI'll never pass by a rebus if I can help it, whether French or English or otherwise. From what I know, it was common dinner party fun in early 19th c. France to place rebus plates in front of guests as an amusement and what could be better than that? My French is not good enough to solve this one easily, but I love looking at it anyway and surely with some effort someone better than me could puzzle it out. Such a pretty yellow rim border, and then an