V.L Davis's Handmade Frogs Box with Top Opening, Screened Sides and Carrying Strap San Jose Mission Pottery of planting and reaping

of planting and reaping

I do seem to have a certain penchant for dolls that have lost their heads

but this small scale one is the first I've really felt compelled to purchase

The drawing is mounted at the upper corner to a piece of black construction paper

I especially love the handling of the potted flowers to her left

V.L Davis's Handmade Frogs Box with Top Opening, Screened Sides and Carrying Strap San Jose Mission Pottery of planting and reapingSuch fun to find this box in Maine the other day I'd guess an older box adapted 80 or so years ago by a V. L. Davis to house frogs, which I can just imagine him, or her, spending many hours chasing around in order to catch then proudly drop into the cage through the crudely cut hole in the top. Perhaps they were caught to use as bait, but maybe just as pets, with the screens on either side and various drilled holes providing viewing windows as well as