Naive 19th C Pennsylvania Watercolor Drawing of Boy with Sickle and Birds antique piecework In this one the task

In this one the task is to get a silver ball onto the plate of each of these characters--and hurry

Such a wonderful little curiosity

The lines of this vintage McCoy ceramic refrigerator water jug

with wheels well attached

Naive 19th C Pennsylvania Watercolor Drawing of Boy with Sickle and Birds antique piecework In this one the taskI never hesitate when I find 19th c watercolor drawings like this, likely done by a school child the combination of grace and awkwardness and immediacy, together with the use of color, just makes my heart ache. I found this, and another I am listing by the same person I believe, in Lancaster County, PA, and am pretty certain that is around where they originated. Most typically one finds these cut into smaller bits; rarer to find the complete original