Pink Roses Antique Watercolor #1 red curtains This old articulated figure lost

This old articulated figure lost the better part of his feet some time long ago

This dark green painted bentwood box features finely rendered flying gold-painted cranes or herons amid curling lines evocative of clouds or water

I really love little thing

The aging and greening to the brass really enhances its beauty as an object

reading Lucky Strikes on the long side

Pink Roses Antique Watercolor #1 red curtains This old articulated figure lostThis is one of three watercolors of roses I purchased together, I believe all found together too, perhaps done at the same time by three different members of a family, or maybe more likely schoolmates. I like them individually in different ways, but also together, variations on a theme becoming in a sense portraits of their makers. This one, I'd say the most accomplished of the trio, measures 8 1 2" x 6 1 4". A little wear around the edges and to the