Graphite and Watercolor Schoolgirl Portrait: Allie, c. 1873 socket wrench Again this marvelous combination of

Again this marvelous combination of rich red and gold

and I could look at that sunlit tree against painterly clouds and radiant blue sky all day

pendant flags

and feels kind of iconic--or should be

Jugtown pottery was founded in 1921 by Jacques and Juliana Busbee

Graphite and Watercolor Schoolgirl Portrait: Allie, c. 1873 socket wrench Again this marvelous combination ofFour of these I found together, only one of them dated on the back, locating them all I think in 1873. It seems they may each have been done by a different school girl each with a different name signed to the back, as well as a different subject named on the front. (Perhaps collected by a teacher?) A customer recently noted to me that naive drawings of this sort make her heart beat faster and the same is true for me, just pure joy. And hard to beat