Lovely Antique Escutcheon, Perfectly Framed Inuit with pencil drawn lace and

with pencil drawn lace and details

as if molded over a wooden form perhaps

It measures 6 1/2" in diameter by 3/8" deep and comes in what may be the original box

and another tiny house at bottom right

Lovely Antique Escutcheon, Perfectly Framed Inuit with pencil drawn lace andSo often I find wonderful things framed in the worst sort of ways, but here, to my eye, is an example of a beautiful little thing very much honored by its housing. The antique escutcheon is really a special oneof the sort that makes me think about magical keys opening secret roomswith a quiver of arrows at left, torch at right, and arch of flowering garlands above. It is secured, via two perfectly placed brass pins, against crimson red fabric that is