At Ease, with Hanging Pots, Esther Pressoir 1930s Signed Ink on Paper Drawing of Two Figures staffordshire china With its short handle I

With its short handle I believe it is a butter paddle

but holding it a bit loose

in a well worn antique solid wood frame that I think suits it very well: 12 1/2" x 11 1/2" Oil on canvas painting approx 8" x 7"

with dark mud-looking stain as noted and a bit of what I think is some green paint rubbed off of another drawing at lower right on that same side

At Ease, with Hanging Pots, Esther Pressoir 1930s Signed Ink on Paper Drawing of Two Figures staffordshire china With its short handle IOne of two more today, both drawings, by Esther Estelle ("Stella") Pressoir (American, 1902 1980). I knew nothing of Pressoir when I plucked these at Brimfield, but what a delight it has been to learn a bit about her, and Stella's star is most definitely on the rise. Assistant Professor of Theory and History of Art and Design at the Rhode Island School of Design Suzanne M. Scanlan's recently published Esther Pressoir: A Modern Womans Painter situates