Fantastically Colorful 19th C. American Tall Ship Watercolor in Period Frame dutch oven Easily trimmed down for framing

Easily trimmed down for framing

these little carved heads a case in point--but really how to ignore these faces

" Based on a few other painted examples I have seen

This is one of my favorite things I've ever found

Fantastically Colorful 19th C. American Tall Ship Watercolor in Period Frame dutch oven Easily trimmed down for framingWhen I spotted this this old watercolor at Brimfield this past week, earlier than later 19th c. I believe, on wove, and I think likely once held in a school ledger I completely swooned and immediately jumped on it; its everything I love and more! Not just a fabulous naive early watercolor of a sailing ship, and waving not one but two American flags, it's the most marvelously colorful and exuberant rendering of one Ive certainly ever seen, veering