SOLD North Hollow from Colby Farm, Andover, NH, 1915, Charming Naive Watercolor Signed B. Pratt dog painting made as a coin bank

made as a coin bank

just requires a bit of finesse

The piece is by Vassilios Giavis (b

both un-dyed one like these

I purchased this and a second painting (of the SS Martha’s Vineyard) at an auction in New Hampshire

SOLD North Hollow from Colby Farm, Andover, NH, 1915, Charming Naive Watercolor Signed B. Pratt dog painting made as a coin bankA very sweet little naive watercolor, signed and dated 1915, and with a note on the back identifying the location at "North Hollow" from Colby Farm, Andover NH. A quick search turns up a bunch about the Colby family and Colby farm, a successful family farm that included cornfields and grazing fields for their livestock, and a historic farmhouse (now restored and known as the Cyrus Colby Farmhouse) dating to 1826. I love the old stone wall in this