SOLD Fabulous Vintage French Folk Art Butcher Shop Diorama sgraffito vase I think this cow couple

I think this cow couple is pretty special

part of what drew me it that this is clearly that--a tintype of an earlier cased photo

with Bread Book handwritten in dark graphite letters against thick brown paper

I believe the Condense Factory captured here on fire was in Tillsonburg

SOLD Fabulous Vintage French Folk Art Butcher Shop Diorama sgraffito vase I think this cow coupleI didn't realize French butcher shop dioramas were such a thing prior to finding this one the other day, but indeed there is a long history of them; a quick search turns up a number of quite extraordinary 19th century examples. This from Christie's: "Model butcher shops were probably made to fulfill an educational role, designed to be studied rather than played with as toys, as the cuts of meat and types of carcasses are rendered with some accuracy."