Dutch Man Folk Art Hand-painted Wooden Doorstop novelty ashtray and just really nice

and just really nice

This terrific tin sign was issued by the Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association to support a 1915 state referendum to give Massachusetts women the vote

but he's been given a great hat

I purchased this painting by Lois Gross Smiley (1925-2018) out of the studio of her estate in Wellesley

and the print seems in very good condition

Dutch Man Folk Art Hand-painted Wooden Doorstop novelty ashtray and just really niceI'm completely in love with the color combination of luscious matte orange, navy, yellow, black and green on this old handmade wooden door stop. I think its maker was too, as they seemed rather less concerned with the details of the face of this presumably Dutch man sweetly and a bit hesitantly penciling in eyes, nose and chin, then painting a thin red line for the lips. The black painted buttons down the front of his shirt and along the top of his