Seascape with Boat, 1945 Folk Art Painted Seashell faces which describes Lucy as a

which describes Lucy as a school teacher with a "cunning hand" in "housewifery

but veering toward pure abstraction

A little wonky (one leg wiggles a bit and looks to have been re-nailed once or twice) but such an excellent form and really a sweet mix of modernist and folky

then trimmed

woven splint of the lid softened with age

Seascape with Boat, 1945 Folk Art Painted Seashell faces which describes Lucy as aSpending a lot of time on the New England coast, I've come to very much appreciate folk art painted shells (and being from the clamming hub of Ipswich, MA, I especially like a painted clam shell), but it's none to often I come across one as charming as this. Written on the flip side of the shell, in pencil, appears to be the phrase "speed boat", and a great little boat it is, red flag waving at front, set against rich blue sea and sky. Very