Seascape with Boat, 1945 Folk Art Painted Seashell faces woven splint of the lid

woven splint of the lid softened with age

I've had many a beautiful old brush in the shop

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

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

2 13/16" (when compressed) x 1 3/4" x 15/16" and in wonderfully weathered but structurally sound condition

Seascape with Boat, 1945 Folk Art Painted Seashell faces woven splint of the lidSpending 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