Beautifully Shaped and Aged Tall Antique French Skittles with Two Balls rustic pitcher with a little irregularity to

with a little irregularity to the lower trunk of the tree original to the piece

good earthy feel

20" x 6 1/2"

This striking wood engraving by Olin Dows (1904-1981) titled Market: Riga is one of a series of prints the artist created while traveling in the 1930s (I believe Riga refers to Riga

and I think it could actually be an African American "fanner

Beautifully Shaped and Aged Tall Antique French Skittles with Two Balls rustic pitcher with a little irregularity toI know these tall pins were recently nabbed at a flea market in Paris, and then I purchased them from the seller who brought them home to Maine. It takes a lot to sell me on wooden skittles at this point, which one comes across fairly often, but these I was sold on immediately for the beauty and grace of of their elongated turned forms, and also for the very subtle red and blue paint color still on them just lovely.(As with most everything, these are