SOLD Unusual Antique Painted Tinwork Frame with Continental Watercolor Drawing antique working decoy Signed what looks like E

Signed what looks like E

a perfect one for sending to a friend now

with just a little cracking to the surface of the wood visible here and there

which tapers to a very tiny waist

It's definitely the paint job that really makes it--the perfect creamy white and blood red combo

SOLD Unusual Antique Painted Tinwork Frame with Continental Watercolor Drawing antique working decoy Signed what looks like EI found this in Maine that is certainly not where it came from, but the origins of the finely crafted, painted antique tinwork frame are a bit of a mystery to me. There are some spectacular Spanish Colonial tinwork frames that it feels a bit akin to, but my guess is that it is Continental European. Found in it is a fine antique watercolor, also Continental I believe, which has clearly lived in the frame for a long time and I think may date to the 18th