Milking Time, Buckets and Stools and Towels in Hand, Antique Scandinavian Photo wooden citrus reamer and on both sides the

and on both sides the puppet is attached to what I believe are bamboo sticks

and the large scale of the drawing lends each of the figures a substantial presence

Maybe not everyone needs a whole cigar silk quilt

dated August 1858 and with a view of what looks to me to be "Cass Castle" but I'm not entirely sure about the Cass

Milking Time, Buckets and Stools and Towels in Hand, Antique Scandinavian Photo wooden citrus reamer and on both sides theIt took me a minute to put it together, but the buckets in the hands of these very strong looking women are milk pails, and in the opposite hand each holds a milking stool along with a bright white towel. (What the men are up to I'm not quite sure, but surely there is no shortage of things to do.) No young milk maids here, but rather quite sturdy and wise women, with wonderful life worn faces and postures and some marvelous stripes over stripes on the