Antique Mahogony Painter's Palette Scheurich Keramik vase Kits like this were often

Kits like this were often produced as advertising give aways--this one is stamped "Fred M

which I'm discovering were produced in some variety including many as free give aways

This really lovely seated terra-cotta woman with a terrific presence screams WPA era to me

handed it over at some point to MC

I found this charming little wooden Japanese Kokeshi-type boy on turtle in a box of odds and ends at the estate sale of a man who had served in Japan during WWII and brought a lot back with him

Antique Mahogony Painter's Palette Scheurich Keramik vase Kits like this were oftenIt's nice to find beautiful old painter's palette's caked in thick layers of oil paint, but quite often ones I come across feel composed rather than product of an actual painter's process. This lovely old one, mahogany I believe, was at some point cleaned scraped down on the used side, leaving it ready for a painter to put to work again, or to use itself as a blank canvas of sorts, or just to hang on the wall exactly as it is. It's in great shape, no