Fantastically Colorful 19th C. American Tall Ship Watercolor in Period Frame dutch oven IReally lovely

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This is one of my favorite things I've ever found

It appears to have been hand-painted and additionally features very fine incising on each of the small "petals" that surround the repeating circular forms with black dots

There seems to be just a tiny bit of warping to the wood of the lid such that it sits just a tiny bit higher on one side - very minor

Fantastically Colorful 19th C. American Tall Ship Watercolor in Period Frame dutch oven IReally lovelyWhen I spotted this this old watercolor at Brimfield this past week, earlier than later 19th c. I believe, on wove, and I think likely once held in a school ledger I completely swooned and immediately jumped on it; its everything I love and more! Not just a fabulous naive early watercolor of a sailing ship, and waving not one but two American flags, it's the most marvelously colorful and exuberant rendering of one Ive certainly ever seen, veering