Adam and Eve and the Serpent, Fabulous Mid Century Enameled Copper Plate seagull brooch and casting excellent shadows too

and casting excellent shadows too

) I believe this one is mahogany

creamy white painted woven seat with plenty of loss but still holding onto the frame

It remains housed in its original box (though with one edge lost and a repaired split in the lid) as well as with five hand-colored plates showing the pictures on each side

Adam and Eve and the Serpent, Fabulous Mid Century Enameled Copper Plate seagull brooch and casting excellent shadows tooPure delight finding this one. I love how this very young looking Adam holds up his hand in a sort of friendly, ineffectual wave. goodbye to innocence! while our vixen esque Eve looks quite ready to run away with the serpent! Pretty great use of branches and hair to conceal their bodies, too! Enamel on copper, mid 20th century, with a sort of mottled blue and white ground that gives it the feel of an aerial view of the earth itself . 8" in diameter