Hello Chris, Hello Angela,
Thank you so much for looking so closely in my piece. This is very exciting, I'm delighted to hear that it is a bit special and interesting, it always felt so to me. Chris, I am in France, but would be delighted to send the piece to you for inspection. Unfortunately things being what they are these days I am obliged to sell it, but in the meantime anything you could tell me about it would be of immense interest. This is turning out to be a double edged sword because the more I look at it and learn about it the less I want to sell it, but I have to. One interesting thing: on the outside of the box, in the same writing (not that of my father or mother) is written 'Fairy on waterlily, also fairy with ball, 1 swan'. As regards the flowers there is no obvious place for them to attach to the branch, so I think perhaps they were just in the same box. Anyway please let me know where and I will post it to you in the original box so you can see and handle it.