Folk Painting on Canvas of Man with Cows and Dog in Landscape beaded There is no mark to

There is no mark to indicate the fineness of the silver

" and the fact that he seems to have had a pretty rough life pulls at my heart strings even more

only now have I done the research to learn that these are quite a thing

I just love the matte red against white

I really love the slab-cut circles and lozenge-shapes that give a great texture and interest to the surface of this hand-thrown pottery vase--especially for the fact that they are not entirely regular

Folk Painting on Canvas of Man with Cows and Dog in Landscape beaded There is no mark toThis charming little painting is not dated but it is signed, twice, by L. P. Mott once very small in the bottom left corner of the painting, and then again, in big stylized letters, on the back of the canvas, suggesting that he or she was quite proud of it, and justifiably so I think! With a smartly organized composition, he or she packed a lot into this bucolic scene, wonderfully animated by a little black hatted man with three grazing and resting