Vintage 1890s English Ship Watercolor & Gouache Painting Serving Dish with Wood Base Thousands of year old volcanic

Thousands of year old volcanic rock is used to make this Mexican mortar and pestle the traditional tool for making guacamole and salsa fresca

and civil liberties at a time those rights are in peril

Gabriel welcomes notes of leather

carrying forward a sense of craft

Vintage 1890s English Ship Watercolor & Gouache Painting Serving Dish with Wood Base Thousands of year old volcanicA large 1890s English ship portrait rendered in watercolor and gouache, painted in the tradition of the pierhead school marine artists. These highly detailed works were often commissioned by captains and ship owners, who sought to preserve faithful likenesses of their vessels through the hands of itinerant, largely self taught painters working along busy ports and harbors. Rich in maritime history and atmosphere, the painting captures both the pride