jewel casket

  • A young woman opening a jewel casket

    A young woman opening a jewel casket

    Alice Macallan Swan (English, 1864–1939)

    A young woman hesitates, fingers brushing the ornate latch of a jewel casket. The glow of gold catches her face—anticipation, temptation, perhaps dread. What secrets lie inside? Her posture tenses between desire and restraint, the casket’s contents as veiled as her thoughts.