British Antique Seascape Watercolor, Unsigned buggy and also retains its original

and also retains its original sale sticker indicating it was purchased at WM

maybe 1950s or 60s

I just love the linear patterns and texture created by the painstakingly cut and laid matchsticks

Maine has a lovely variegated copper sheen

I believe it is an old saddle maker’s vise —it would have been attached to a bench with a lever below

British Antique Seascape Watercolor, Unsigned buggy and also retains its originalIt may be the product of chaotic times, but Im developing quite a fondness of small seascape watercolors, and think they would be a really wonderful thing to build a collection of and hang salon style as a grouping. Ive been finding especially lovely ones of the English Coast, as is this one. Early 20th century I believe and rendered in soft grays and browns, with loose wash for the sky and a subtle hint perhaps of blue sky emerging through clouds. To