Antique Mahogony Painter's Palette decorative 1930s painting but revealing the hand of

but revealing the hand of its maker through small imperfections here and there

He needs to be propped against something in order to stand up

with tiny nails attaching the back of the sofa to the body

When I first spotted this wonderful little carved wooden boot I guessed it was a snuff box

but none in brass

Antique Mahogony Painter's Palette decorative 1930s painting but revealing the hand ofIt's nice to find beautiful old painter's palette's caked in thick layers of oil paint, but quite often ones I come across feel composed rather than product of an actual painter's process. This lovely old one, mahogany I believe, was at some point cleaned scraped down on the used side, leaving it ready for a painter to put to work again, or to use itself as a blank canvas of sorts, or just to hang on the wall exactly as it is. It's in great shape, no