Grand Little White and Green House with Eaves, Porches and Pillars vintage candleholder The paint is not chippy

The paint is not chippy

but also as a piece of history--and it seems quite poignant that it should incorporate elephants

each inch full of painstaking labor

who writes of kissing her miniature (I presume a miniature painting of her) which he also describes showing to a number of his relations to great approval

Grand Little White and Green House with Eaves, Porches and Pillars vintage candleholder The paint is not chippyI found this house ,together with the excellent green and white stables, listed separately, at one of my favorite shops in PA, and I'd bet they were made by the same person, with quite a lot of skill and labor and care invested in each of them. And quite a grand little house this one is, pillars spanning two stories on one side supporting a balustrade above, and two more entrances with awnings on adjacent and opposite sides. Feels like a specific