Cheerful Old Stuffed Cotton Piecework Ball 19th century landscape The plate has one small

The plate has one small crack near the center

a really lovely little watercolor (or perhaps gouache) painting of a sumptuous little bounty

Glued repair visible on either side where the post and middle of the arrow meet

I believe there is an incised initial/mark on the underside

but none as striking and unusual as this one

Cheerful Old Stuffed Cotton Piecework Ball 19th century landscape The plate has one smallThis ball just appeals to me as a cheerful thing, which could function as a large pin cushion, or just a ball to throw or roll around, or an colorful object to set somewhere, perhaps one amid a stack or pile of others. Good weight cotton fabric held together with white thread and, happily, not quite round! 6 diameter x 4 1 4 t and in good shape, with a few stains toning vision on the white of the striped fabric. Tight seams and fully stuffed.