Dear Mother, 1882 Letter with Sweet Little Drawings porcelain figure but two hairline cracks as

but two hairline cracks as evident

Painted in oils I believe quite a long time ago on what  a small plate/dish made of hard paper mache I believe

Cinnabar takes its name from the red mineral

standing and seated)

Dear Mother, 1882 Letter with Sweet Little Drawings porcelain figure but two hairline cracks asI just can't not rescue things like this. It's the two awkward drawings of the boy with hands in his pockets one on the back of the envelop, one on a separate little bit of paper that really do it for me, but the birds flying across the top of the letter and envelope both, and two little drawing of fans and springing flowers are pretty sweet too. And then this letter to mother, written a few days before the Christmas of 1882, addressing everything