Fantastically Colorful 19th C. American Tall Ship Watercolor in Period Frame dutch oven It appears to have been

It appears to have been hand-painted and additionally features very fine incising on each of the small "petals" that surround the repeating circular forms with black dots

litho on die-cut cardboard (printed on both sides) and mounted on wooden bases

" Based on a few other painted examples I have seen

Easily trimmed down for framing

This is one of my favorite things I've ever found

Fantastically Colorful 19th C. American Tall Ship Watercolor in Period Frame dutch oven It appears to have beenWhen I spotted this this old watercolor at Brimfield this past week, earlier than later 19th c. I believe, on wove, and I think likely once held in a school ledger I completely swooned and immediately jumped on it; its everything I love and more! Not just a fabulous naive early watercolor of a sailing ship, and waving not one but two American flags, it's the most marvelously colorful and exuberant rendering of one Ive certainly ever seen, veering