SOLD Unusual Antique Painted Tinwork Frame with Continental Watercolor Drawing antique Indonesian puppet but what a fantastic image

but what a fantastic image I think

was made after a famous print c

The hand-done wire construction reads like a line drawing in space

with pretty amazing attention detail throughout - listed individually

SOLD Unusual Antique Painted Tinwork Frame with Continental Watercolor Drawing antique Indonesian puppet but what a fantastic imageI found this in Maine that is certainly not where it came from, but the origins of the finely crafted, painted antique tinwork frame are a bit of a mystery to me. There are some spectacular Spanish Colonial tinwork frames that it feels a bit akin to, but my guess is that it is Continental European. Found in it is a fine antique watercolor, also Continental I believe, which has clearly lived in the frame for a long time and I think may date to the 18th