Antique Frontier Scene (?) Watercolor in Period Gilded Frame mcm puzzle It appears there may have

It appears there may have been a repair near the top of the handle long ago

with light scratching to the enamel of the interior from use

With handwritten notes along the bottom

very stable and not fragile and I think quite an interesting

and which I think may just be a few stray fibers

Antique Frontier Scene (?) Watercolor in Period Gilded Frame mcm puzzle It appears there may haveI'm not entirely certain what is going on in this evocative little watercolor, but I really really love it, with its big dark sky enveloping what looks like a western frontier structure to me, and cowboy looking figures standing next to what I assume is a fire. Considered together with the deer watercolor surely by the same artist, which I just listed, my guess might be that these were done as first hand sketches out west, late 19th century or so,