Decorative Gouache Fireside Studios "Practice Board" Flower Tree Painting, 1935 carved turtle has lost part of its

has lost part of its side and is stained along the lower edge of the lid

and with these two wonderfully trailing inky black lines lending just a bit of definition and also tension

I think this non-preciousness is made even better when the boards tells stories of the people who made and used them

embodying endless treasures out in the world waiting to be found

Decorative Gouache Fireside Studios "Practice Board" Flower Tree Painting, 1935 carved turtle has lost part of itsI bought a bunch of these together, my favorites of which I am listing individually, then I'll list another handful together, your choice, at a common price. A little digging reveals that "Fireside Studios" the maker of these "practice boards was a division of Fireside Industries, Adrian, Michigan, which sold and promoted all manner of decorative projects targeted to women at home. With these practice boards, one was to complete decorative painting