Green felt on the underside
with what appears to be some peeling to their varnish/coating--as documented in detailed photos
I love a house portrait and the house/houses in the one definitely feel like protagonists--and somewhat elusive ones
dabs of mustard on the exterior of the head end
A beautiful example of a 19th century gouache/watercolor theorem painting
Lovesick (Liebesschmerz!) Beauty, Antique German Boudoir Dish New England basket Green felt on the undersideThis lovely looks like a mash up of bathing beauty and cloud floating angel to me just right I guess for expressing the simultaneous pleasure and agony of lovesickness. ("freudvoll, leidvoill, godankenvolsein, hangen und hangen in schwebenderpein" joyful, sorrowful, grateful to God, hanging and hanging in suspended pain). Seems to me a fun one for the bedside table (perhaps just the right tray for bedtime chocolates), and perhaps the perfect present