Lot of Jessie Graham Smith's Ornament Studies (More in Photos) bullet casing knife with the white looking perhaps

with the white looking perhaps to be tempera paint

I find it quite a beautiful and evocative thing

and for sure the only of its kind I've ever seen

including several Bitossi pieces

and really lovely

Lot of Jessie Graham Smith's Ornament Studies (More in Photos) bullet casing knife with the white looking perhapsI found these this past summer at a flea market close to me and just pulled them out again and was struck anew by the lovely and painstakingly executed passages of ornament on them. I'm listing as a lot, and will throw in a couple more not shown here, too. A mix of graphite, ink, watercolor and gold paint, with some truly gorgeous areas of detail that one might do all sorts of things with. I haven't been able to definitely place the Jessie Graham