Mid-Century Gouache on Paper, Unsigned Abstraction in Period Frame antique schoolgirl map 2 3/4" in diameter and

2 3/4" in diameter and 3/16" thick

all of which

but they were made by Creative Playthings in their heyday of producing fabulous teaching toys

13 5/8" l x 4 3/8" t x 1 13/16" d

Mid-Century Gouache on Paper, Unsigned Abstraction in Period Frame antique schoolgirl map 2 3/4" in diameter andThis was the first thing that caught my eye as I walked into a show in Bath, Maine last weekend, and it has caught my eye a hundred times since! Mid century I believe, gouache on what looks like watercolor paper, in a deep period frame, gold on the facing edge. Perhaps this was done in art class as a exercise in color and form, or perhaps the work of a well known practicing artist, maybe signed somewhere not visible. (I have not taken it out of the