Little Gem of an Antique Oil Painting: Pipe with Matches and Ashtray antique spice box set I believe the wood is

I believe the wood is olive wood but am not 100% certain

And the extraordinary skill

with the balls rolling around easily in the cage

but is also similar in manner to early American chalkware pieces I have found of horses and deer and cats

Little Gem of an Antique Oil Painting: Pipe with Matches and Ashtray antique spice box set I believe the wood isA total gem of a small painting I think, which if I weren't so much in the habit of listing things quickly, I'd take the time to find a nice fat black frame for, which would really make it sing. Beautifully done, oil on board, with wonderful attention given to every detail, right down to each carefully arranged match in that lovely red and white striped vessel. Renderings of pipes always make me think of Magritte, and I think Magritte would have