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gracious swan

She wears her Swan nest crown on which the White Swan hatches her Golden Egg

The Maiden wears a raggedy linen dress

Each doll and sculpture has their own little tale to tell

Fragment of a Tragedy at] pantovolaFragment of a Tragedy This is a special doll sculpture that I have had in my own collection for some years, I now decided to let go of her She is built on top of an antique wooden penny box turned shadow box, which can be displayed open or closed. Upon opening a large butterfly in resin is revealed surround by words taken from antique book pages. These words have been placed together to form a small poem about the fleety wings of youth, the melancholy