Antique Folk Art Watercolor Bookplate in Hand-Carved Period Frame box scouts collectible and great red yarn nose

and great red yarn nose and mouth

The paint shows some wear

though it looks very New England-y to me

Yellow roof: 4 1/4" wide and deep

Antique Folk Art Watercolor Bookplate in Hand-Carved Period Frame box scouts collectible and great red yarn noseThis antique watercolor with hex type star at center, done on what looks like the inside of a book's back cover, is just the sort of thing I am forever opening antique books in hopes of finding but never do! It looks to me this one was deemed special enough to frame long ago, and may have lived in this lovely hand carved framed since the beginning; perhaps the frame was made just for it, as it fits it exactly. I love the saturated colors and how