Lovesick (Liebesschmerz!) Beauty, Antique German Boudoir Dish sterling silver overlau Dated 1905

Dated 1905

as well as a notable blow to the back of his head

but also really nice just set along the front of a shelf horizontally

and just lovely

Lovesick (Liebesschmerz!) Beauty, Antique German Boudoir Dish sterling silver overlau Dated 1905This lovely looks like a mash up of bathing beauty and cloud floating angel to me just right I guess for expressing the simultaneous pleasure and agony of lovesickness. ("freudvoll, leidvoill, godankenvolsein, hangen und hangen in schwebenderpein" joyful, sorrowful, grateful to God, hanging and hanging in suspended pain). Seems to me a fun one for the bedside table (perhaps just the right tray for bedtime chocolates), and perhaps the perfect present