Turn of the Lane, Wonderful Earlyish 19th Century Oil on Paper Apple with Perfect Inked Lettering antique toy set and pockets at either end

and pockets at either end

and elegant forms slightly tapered at the middle

it seems to nod to old salt glazed jugs

I love that the maker of this whimsy used the balls not only to sign it (ELD) and date it (1966)

which has a fair amount of age and I think suits it just fine

Turn of the Lane, Wonderful Earlyish 19th Century Oil on Paper Apple with Perfect Inked Lettering antique toy set and pockets at either endAll the better in person, this is my favorite of the week and to my eye just a perfect thing. Early 19th century I believe, and the paint is oil rather than watercolor, giving the surface of that wonderful apple and its finely serrated leaves (I thought at first maybe actual leaves that had been pressed down, but I do believe painted) a marvelous sheen. I did a search for Turn of the Lane apples and can find not even a reference a long lost variety,