Wonderful 1870s Oil on Board Still Life Painting of Oranges swiss toy animal starting with those trees

starting with those trees

with a small old tear at lower right

but I think I'd fill them with dips

or else keep them on my desk storing paper clips etc

6 1/4" x 3 5/8" and in very good condition

Wonderful 1870s Oil on Board Still Life Painting of Oranges swiss toy animal starting with those treesI am completely taken with this small oil on board still life of a couple of oranges; just a little gem of a painting I think. Initialed and dated at bottom right A. J. B (18)77 I believe I like it even better for the aging of the paint, which has had made the skin of the unsliced orange, especially, feel all the more orange like; just fantastic. And just right set on this simple tabletop, with a loose suggestion of wood grain, against a soft,