Antique RPPC of The Original Bowie Knife Displayed at the Alamo Association of Texas chip carved box what a fantastic shelf

what a fantastic shelf

mostly just light scratching to surfaces

but how not to want to be that mother

A great example of mid-century West German ceramics

Antique RPPC of The Original Bowie Knife Displayed at the Alamo Association of Texas chip carved box what a fantastic shelfThis unusual RPPC appeals to me for a whole host of reasons both immediate and complex, formal and conceptual, starting with what I find to be the striking beauty and evocativeness of the image, which captures a cased museum type display featuring "the original Bowie knife," told here to have been found on the dead body of pioneer and Texas folk hero James Bowie at the Battle of the Alamo. Based on the text it appears that the display was created by