Antique Roundish Hooked Wool Roses on Linen carved oak The reside around the edge

The reside around the edge of the porcelain scrapes off pretty easily should one want to clean this up a bit

The vertically oriented fish-shaped silhouette

what a beautiful brush this one is

) A pretty rare and iconic thing

Antique Roundish Hooked Wool Roses on Linen carved oak The reside around the edgeI like the backside of this about as much as I do the front, and also like it in its presumably unfinished state a table mat I'd guess that never became quite round. I might just pin it straight to the wall from the top corners of the linen, feeling very much like a tactile painting to me. 17 1 4" x 14 7 8" and in very good condition, with a bit of staining to the linen and evident, which to me just adds to a sense of its age and aura. Late 19th c. I