Ethel Esme Church 1923 Dramatic Portrait of Very Dramatic Looking Man! rosary box with every bead in place

with every bead in place (it most certainly has never been used)-- and inside that great green zipper is a nice gray lining

Small cards 2 1/2" x 1 3/4"

as these star-like atoms (electrons

with bark still on the sides

who make it special

Ethel Esme Church 1923 Dramatic Portrait of Very Dramatic Looking Man! rosary box with every bead in placeWhat drama ! have to think our man in black top hat was a magician, looking as if he himself is about to disappear in a cloud of smoke with a wave of his cape! Between his orange eyes and lips and his white hair and brows, he also seems perhaps to have been been albino, making him all the more striking looking. The Ethel Esme Church who painted this was, I believe, more commonly known as Esme Church (18931972), a British actress and theatre director,