19th Century Folk Art Reverse Glass Tinsel Painting of Flower Bouquet in Great Original Frame pottery food Really sharp looking

Really sharp looking

and for what I at least perceive as its resonance with his work

graphic decoration but can rarely afford

It's the forlorn looking dog in the distance here (looking a bit like a little black pig

19th Century Folk Art Reverse Glass Tinsel Painting of Flower Bouquet in Great Original Frame pottery food Really sharp lookingA sweet and lovely old folk art reverse glass tinsel painting, c. 1870s or so I believe, found in upstate NY near Albany, forever enclosed in its original, painted frame, wood back nailed on. With metallic foil backing the glass (in this case all silver), these were made to be viewed by by candlelight, such that the foil would shimmer and lend the painting a three dimensional effect. (Site responsive context activated 19th c. folk art!) I especially