Lovesick (Liebesschmerz!) Beauty, Antique German Boudoir Dish sterling silver overlau as well as a notable

as well as a notable blow to the back of his head

and just lovely

Dated 1905

in all of their wounded glory--to my sensibilities far more special than they ever were before

but also really nice just set along the front of a shelf horizontally

Lovesick (Liebesschmerz!) Beauty, Antique German Boudoir Dish sterling silver overlau as well as a notableThis lovely looks like a mash up of bathing beauty and cloud floating angel to me just right I guess for expressing the simultaneous pleasure and agony of lovesickness. ("freudvoll, leidvoill, godankenvolsein, hangen und hangen in schwebenderpein" joyful, sorrowful, grateful to God, hanging and hanging in suspended pain). Seems to me a fun one for the bedside table (perhaps just the right tray for bedtime chocolates), and perhaps the perfect present