• Make up - not made up.

    April 13, 2019 in Italy ⋅ 🌧 11 °C

    The hands are about a foot high and I thought they were for holding chains on miladies dressing table. Can you guess what they really are?
    Hint: there is a hinge between the fingers.
    According to the label they are Roman nutcrackers!
    I suppose the shell was for powder and the round object is the back of a polished bronze mirror.
    Amongst all the many bottles for lotions and perfumes, this little, 2 inch foot stood out. It held an ungeunt for use on feet.
    This is a lady who might have used these items.
    Took me a while to see what this 2ft high blob of marble actually was: a dolphin.
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