Big Blooms in Basket-like Urn with Scroll Handles, Large Antique Reverse Glass Tinsel Painting paper color samples The gold/brown--not quite gold

The gold/brown--not quite gold

I found this painted wood sculpture of a seal or sea lion balancing a ball at the estate sale of an artist

NH-- which would make this drawing a posthumous tribute

7 3/4" x 3 3/4" Fabric (velvet I believe) well worn but I think all the better for it

and then two Cheerio-like rattles at either end

Big Blooms in Basket-like Urn with Scroll Handles, Large Antique Reverse Glass Tinsel Painting paper color samples The gold/brown--not quite goldI found this one at an antique show in New Hampshire and immediately thought that I'd like to see it hanging above an actual urn of blooming flowers, and even better one sitting atop a marble pedestal something about it feels like a post modern sort of mash up to me, which I like it. And also, I really like the painting of that basket like urn and its very feathery scroll handles! It is a folk art reverse glass (eglomise) tinsel painting, late 19th