Moody Old Blue Winter Landscape Painting on Academy Board buildings This is a Persian terracotta

This is a Persian terracotta oil lamp

and--much to the horror of various sellers

Because it is copper and features one smaller and one larger compartment inside

nail repaired split to the base

plus facial expression that looks quintessentially a catcher's to me

Moody Old Blue Winter Landscape Painting on Academy Board buildings This is a Persian terracottaFound in New England, and this sure looks like a New England winter to me. And a winter landscape rendered in blues feels, after this winter especially, both formally accurate and metaphorically correct! This could use a cleaning if one is disposed that way, but I like it as it is. Oil on what looks to me to be Devoe Raynolds academy board, with partial label adhered to the back, c. 1930s or so I believe. 12 1 4" x 9 1 4". Some general soiling as