Baccante dell'Ercolano, Much Handled 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Watercolor vintage plaque but I love it just

but I love it just as a sculptural little carving

Quite a fan

other stone about 1 7/8"

a ship in a bottle the making of which I can completely understand

Baccante dell'Ercolano, Much Handled 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Watercolor vintage plaque but I love it justI believe this 19th century Italian gouache watercolor was someone's Grand Tour purchase; some notations in graphite at the top of the paper seem to have recorded the date of purchase and what was paid, but it's a but hard to decipher. (I think maybe the year of purchase was 1895, though I believe the painting is likely a bit older than that.) This allegorical "baccante" (follower of Bacchus) with basket on her head (filled with grapes I believe) and