Antique American Folk Watercolor of Ship as if Viewed Through Scope, in Period Frame handmade mesh mask when it was the largest

when it was the largest fraternal organization in the country

if just a bit long on the arms

6 1/8" l (not including hooks at front and back) x 3 1/4" w x 3 5/8" t

This is a beautiful large painted/swabbed antique ash splint rectangular work basket

) I am not certain the age but definitely fairly old--I'd guess early 1900s--and all appear to be addressed to Louise

Antique American Folk Watercolor of Ship as if Viewed Through Scope, in Period Frame handmade mesh mask when it was the largestI love an old naive ship drawing or watercolor, and this I think is both a very charming and unusual example, with the ship circumscribed in a a circle, as if being viewed through a scope. (Of course this makes me imagine the person drawing it with pencil in one hand while holding a scope in the other, going back and forth working hard to capture all the details!) With an American flag waving proudly from the stern and sea below. There is pencil