Giant Sculptural 1897 Signed Wooden Painter's Palette cubist watercolor and 5 3/4" inches from

and 5 3/4" inches from spot to handle

Though this old stork has lost his body

I'm a sucker for a carved shoe or boot to begin with

This very special thing is another at the top of my list for all time favorite finds

Giant Sculptural 1897 Signed Wooden Painter's Palette cubist watercolor and 5 3/4" inches fromThis late 19th century oversized wooden painter's palette is not in perfect shape, but it remains to my eye a very beautiful thing, and I thought that if the glued repairs (two long splits in the wood of the flat section) seem bothersome, one could treat it as a sort of easel, pinning up a drawing, say, on the lower half and hanging the whole thing on the wall from the hole. Or one could, of course, use it as a palette once again, or paint a