Lush Antique Naive Watercolor of Peach with Blue Leaves shell game This fabulous vintage hand carved

This fabulous vintage hand carved wooden cigarette dispenser

I know from the seller that this old whimsy came from an amazing estate on Madeline Island in Lake Superior that had been built by two Norwegian brothers in 1905 and was filled to the brim with a lifetime collection of antiques

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26 7/8" l x 11 5/8" t x 7/8" thick

Lush Antique Naive Watercolor of Peach with Blue Leaves shell game This fabulous vintage hand carvedThe color on this is as lush as it gets, and to my eye it's really a gorgeous thing, very much a peach, but veering toward pure abstraction; naive and very sophisticated at the same time. 2nd half 19th c, on ruled paper with an embossed "Congress" mark at top corner, this I believe would have been done a school aged child, and the manner makes me think likely Pennsylvania. 9 3 4" x 7 5 8"". I found this watercolor cleanly split in two, and used