Very Fine 19th Century Watercolor of Mary Queen of Scots earthenware vase with brass pins at their

with brass pins at their centers

it seems that it might be pyrography

with carved reamer and turned handle terminating in a great fat rounded end

Standing on three great little legs

I am not entirely sure whether this little fan is Japanese or Chinoiserie

Very Fine 19th Century Watercolor of Mary Queen of Scots earthenware vase with brass pins at theirOh Mary, who ascended to the thone in 1542 at six days old upon the death of her father, was forced to abdicate it to her one year old son in 1567, lived in exiled confinement in England for 18 years, and was ultimately beheaded for plotting to assassinate Queen Elizabeth, her cousin once removed, whose crown she has once tried to claim for herself. Much more to the story than that, and though a devout Catholic surely no saint, but its no wonder she's