Whole World in a Gesture, C. 1920s-40s Velox Print Micrograph caution sign 3 5/8" tall x 3

3 5/8" tall x 3 1/4" at widest diameter

A charmer if a doll rocker I think

the depiction of a woman with one breast bared subsequently became used more broadly to connote "mistress

and have not been able to trace what appears to be LB signed on the back of her base

they are some of the finest baskets in the world

Whole World in a Gesture, C. 1920s-40s Velox Print Micrograph caution sign 3 5/8" tall x 3This is a very small photo a micrograph I believe, shot through a microscope just over 2"x 2", which to me is just right the right scale, as one wants to get close and peer into it! I'm guessing a much magnified view of the the pincers of an insect, with tiny hairs all around, but the identification of the subject is to my mind far less important than the formal qualities of the image, and this marvelously evocative pinching grabbing gesture: a micro