SOLD Beautiful 19th C. Primitive Red, Green, Black Painted Checkerboard extruded clay Someone not long ago either

Someone not long ago either reframed it or replaced an old backing on the frame with a new piece of foam core

Ink text on heart is faint but can be read

If one looks on the underside at a certain angle you can see that the name of its maker was carved into it

it screws closed easily and stays tight

and I must say I find it a great pleasure to unfurl them and then lock the handles in place

SOLD Beautiful 19th C. Primitive Red, Green, Black Painted Checkerboard extruded clay Someone not long ago eitherI spotted this board from a distance hanging on the wall at a shop I frequent regularly in inland Maine the other day and made a beeline for it such a beautiful combination of colors in very old paint; to my eye formal perfection. It does not appear that it was originally symmetrical i. e. I don't think there was ever a second "well" at "top", but it did lose the fourth side of the perimeter framing at the edge of the well that exists. My eye doesn't