I straightened it here, but does it actually lean? It's not very sophisticated work. It might have been part of a large diorama type thing. [ATTACH]
They're in the mail. Nothing to do now but wait. Thanks for taking part.
Looks very utilitarian to me. Not much to distinguish it from a million others.
I'd have bought it. It's not the sort of thing you see every day. Sometimes you just cant say no. [ATTACH]
I'll be arbitrary about this. Fig asked first, so gets first choice. @Figtree3: let us know which one you want, and message me your address...
I meant to add this, but I forgot. [ATTACH] I got too caught up in the passion of the moment.
And that does look to me like "oro" rather than "or", which would support Spanish. I confess that that one pic does look like 2 sou. My problem...
I've had several paintings like this, though always on paper, not textile. Decorative tourist items. They have charm, but not value.
I think those notes have to do with framing. If it says verte oro, that describes the frame you are showing - green and gold. Apparently, 5...
It's a sweet image.
A regular pattern of dots indicates a photo-mechanical print - offset lithography. This is what you might expect for a calendar illustration.
Looks like it would hold quite a bit of pot.
I'm amazed that was ID'd.
Merry Christmas! I'll leave these up most of a week, make a decision next Wednesday. Someone gets the Correa, someone else gets the Mimosa...
It's not one I recognize, but it does look mass market.
Max Dannhorn did similar. I've read that the plates used were from Villeroy and Boch
May be a thing called a Borda Circle (developed in the 1780s)....
Looks like some kind of sextant.
It's my understanding that photogravure prints come off rotary presses (it's a mass market intaglio process). As such, they don't have plate...
While the ruffled rim makes it look Victorian, the decoration seems more mid-century to me.
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