Seductive Peaches, Mid 19th Century Folk Art Pastel in Period Ross & Hatchman, Boston Gilded Frame atmospheric tintype and the bases for a

and the bases for a number of them are cut up rulers

But great for a bathroom too

General wear and a few stains but overall very good condition for being nearly 200 years old

I suppose it's possible that putting a coin through the slot released a handful of the beads filling the globe

or made by a fish monger (my guess) or to hang in a cobbler's shop

Seductive Peaches, Mid 19th Century Folk Art Pastel in Period Ross & Hatchman, Boston Gilded Frame atmospheric tintype and the bases for aThis somehow feels to me like the Dolly Parton of 19th century pastel folk art still life drawings peaches soft and sweet and all dolled up in this scalloped edge dish, but with darker mauve ish ground lending a sense of depth and complexity, literal and metaphorical!. There is often a certain strangeness to these sorts of 19th c. pastel drawings that draws me, and this one has that quality. Under glass in original period frame, 11 3 8" x 9 7 8"