Gold Painted Tramp Art Rail and Cross animal dish pehaps to be taken as

pehaps to be taken as a symbol of spiritual fortitude

I'm completely taken by these

I'd love to see these wonderful little watercolors hanging near a bowl of stonefruit versions of the same (though the cucumber

which I love but which certainly make it less desirable to sampler collectors than if the colors were bright

this one I believe made as a rattle for a baby long ago

Gold Painted Tramp Art Rail and Cross animal dish pehaps to be taken asNot sure what this was once a part of, but I think it's pretty good just as it, such that it might serve as the backdrop for a little nativity scene or Christmas village or, my preference, flock of carved animals, and 'tis the season! Nice construction of the rail, too, with cutout niches in the bottom piece into which the cross bars neatly fit, and standing up sturdy and stable on its own. 14 5 8" l x 7 1 2" t x 7 8" d and in very good structural