features a chip carved pattern on the front which I think might be meant to represent a sprig of Spruce
one of them on paper with an embossed mark on the paper from the state of Massachusetts
from roots to branches to leaves to fruit
The visible neck of the snake is about 2 1/2" long
1950s pastel drawings by Tatiana McKinney (1909-2008) I have in the shop--and they are both truly luminous
A Very Well Dressed Man, Ink on Board Vintage Illustration handmade fish features a chip carved patternI found this one at Brimfield, and learned the name of the illustrator who did it, which I promptly forgot! It was someone known, though, and has the feel of a New Yorker cartoon to me, perhaps just in wait of the perfect caption! Great from cap to shoes I think, especially all that ink drawn pattern, and seems like a nice one to hang either in the dressing room, to inspire efforts toward dapperness, or near the front door to inspire preparedness for