Child Painted Santa Watercolor Drawing in Chip Carved Tramp Frame antique painting I'm not sure the maker

I'm not sure the maker

it is wonderfully irregular in form as well as surface

which I think might indicate that they were very early creations of the Kimble Class Co

During his lifetime he codified the series of Froebel Gifts up through Gift 6

I love little portraits

Child Painted Santa Watercolor Drawing in Chip Carved Tramp Frame antique painting I'm not sure the makerI love this watercolor, and the tramp frame, and think they make a happy marriage. (Forgive the glare in photos.) Santa (who happily looks more like dad as Santa than "Santa") was executed on orange construction paper mounted to green, dated Dec. 13 and signed AW at the bottom left. Fabulous beard, fabulous boots, fabulous decorated tree (which Santa appears to be hailing), and this curiously sparse arrangement of objects underneath the tree a tiny