Painterly Old Oil on Canvas Springtime Painting pocket flask with huge hat like a

with huge hat like a rose garden

Beautifully carved of what I believe is a green soapstone

8 5/16" t x 2 3/8"

45 of the original 46 cards are here (the Yellow Triangle 3 card is missing) but if wanting to play one could just make a dummy by copying the Purple Triangle and coloring it yellow:) The game is akin traditional solitaire

Painterly Old Oil on Canvas Springtime Painting pocket flask with huge hat like aThis looks like the first of the flowering trees in early spring to me, which always feels like a bit of a miracle, and a most welcome one. I found this not far from me on the North Shore in Massachusetts, I would guess not too far from where is was painted. The wooden stretcher shows what looks to be a patent date of Oct 7, 1884, so I would think done not too long after that. Impressionistic and atmospheric, it's a good one for a salon style wall or