Charter Oak, Earlier 19th Century Folk Art Watercolor in Original Lemon Gold Frame with Provenance (Almon Babcock, Ravenna, Ohio) topsy turvy doll and she's arched like the

and she's arched like the figurehead of a ship

The cloth repair on cover/binding has held and is holding the front cover to the spine fine

not visible otherwise

Box: 1 11/16" in diameter x 1 1/8" t

Charter Oak, Earlier 19th Century Folk Art Watercolor in Original Lemon Gold Frame with Provenance (Almon Babcock, Ravenna, Ohio) topsy turvy doll and she's arched like theLove at first sight for me with this tree and a perfect marriage of watercolor and frame plus provenance pinned to the back of it in the form of notes written on a Prudential envelope postmarked in 1971. The tree pictured is described on that envelope as "Charter Oak, Boston, MA" and the watercolor as having belonged to Almon Babcock of Ravenna, Ohio "who had one of the first taverns here in early 1800s Supposed to have been made by one of his