Seductive Peaches, Mid 19th Century Folk Art Pastel in Period Ross & Hatchman, Boston Gilded Frame Jane Heald It wouldn't accommodate anything much

It wouldn't accommodate anything much larger than those--but would be great for showcasing a collection of tiny things

and quite a useful box for holding all sorts of things

she appears not to be signed

leather club chairs and maybe a fireplace ( wafting cigar smoke

and with the staples really having done their job

Seductive Peaches, Mid 19th Century Folk Art Pastel in Period Ross & Hatchman, Boston Gilded Frame Jane Heald It wouldn't accommodate anything muchThis somehow feels to me like the Dolly Parton of 19th century pastel folk art still life drawings peaches soft and sweet and all dolled up in this scalloped edge dish, but with darker mauve ish ground lending a sense of depth and complexity, literal and metaphorical!. There is often a certain strangeness to these sorts of 19th c. pastel drawings that draws me, and this one has that quality. Under glass in original period frame, 11 3 8" x 9 7 8"