Carved Arts and Crafts Large Wooden Scrapbook wooden penguin With it's great design and

With it's great design and substantial weight (this is just a terrific object to hold in your hand)

I pulled this stunning 1940s Japanese hand painted porcelain vase out of the crumbling barn attic of a man who had served in Japan during WWII—amazingly

is beautifully executed in a variety of shades and textures of cream

served as a member of the administration during the Great Depression

smooth surface has a wonderful calming

Carved Arts and Crafts Large Wooden Scrapbook wooden penguin With it's great design andWhoever created this large wooden scrapbook long ago must have had pretty grand expectations for the arts and crafts projects it would contain, as they put an awfully lot of work into the carving of the cover, and did a very beautiful job, I think! Perhaps they made it to bind the work of a class, or a group of summer campers, or maybe just their own masterpieces. I found it empty, but would certainly love to see it put to use, though I might myself