Fantastic Old Stone Fruit Persimmon and Worm Eaten Pear quistgaard I'm happy to glue him

I'm happy to glue him back to his base (which I think should not be very hard) or not

(Plus those little black curls at the top of his egg head

The dustcover is well worn and torn but the book itself is in good to very good condition

The reverse side

the hand-written message at top translates to "a big kiss to my dear Colette

Fantastic Old Stone Fruit Persimmon and Worm Eaten Pear quistgaard I'm happy to glue himThe latest two iterations in my ongoing search for perfect pieces of stone fruit, and this pair maybe my favorites I've found, individually and even more so together. Persimmons are fairly rare to find, and the color on this one is stunning. And then this pear, the first I've found painted as if browned from a few worm holes, and then with the veins in the marble showing through the pale green elsewhere giving the appearance of bruising. For me, there