Lush Antique Naive Watercolor of Peach with Blue Leaves shell game conte crayon

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This fabulous vintage hand carved wooden cigarette dispenser

33" long x 7 1/2" tall x 13/16" deep

I cannot resist objects like this

Lush Antique Naive Watercolor of Peach with Blue Leaves shell game conte crayonThe color on this is as lush as it gets, and to my eye it's really a gorgeous thing, very much a peach, but veering toward pure abstraction; naive and very sophisticated at the same time. 2nd half 19th c, on ruled paper with an embossed "Congress" mark at top corner, this I believe would have been done a school aged child, and the manner makes me think likely Pennsylvania. 9 3 4" x 7 5 8"". I found this watercolor cleanly split in two, and used