Antique American Folk Watercolor of Ship as if Viewed Through Scope, in Period Frame handmade mesh mask and way out of my

and way out of my reach

) I am not certain the age but definitely fairly old--I'd guess early 1900s--and all appear to be addressed to Louise

This is a beautiful large painted/swabbed antique ash splint rectangular work basket

which I imagine Ed Mueller

Antique American Folk Watercolor of Ship as if Viewed Through Scope, in Period Frame handmade mesh mask and way out of myI love an old naive ship drawing or watercolor, and this I think is both a very charming and unusual example, with the ship circumscribed in a a circle, as if being viewed through a scope. (Of course this makes me imagine the person drawing it with pencil in one hand while holding a scope in the other, going back and forth working hard to capture all the details!) With an American flag waving proudly from the stern and sea below. There is pencil