Surreal Tempera or Gouache on Paper Painting with Two Figures wall shelf with very little wear to

with very little wear to the lacquer

and there is a fold in the drawing at the bottom right corner and some small scattered discolorations to the paper

I love these old school slates

Constructed of two pieces of wood--one for the handle

which inspired a pair of Staffordshire figures

Surreal Tempera or Gouache on Paper Painting with Two Figures wall shelf with very little wear toI haven't been able to figure out the artist behind this painting, which is signed with what appears to be AAConglo on the shoulder of the larger figure (possible AA are the initials of the artist and Conglo is the title of the painting, but I'm not sure.) In any case, I really love it, perhaps most of all this orange figure in the foreground apparently being spewed into existence by the larger! and also these great aqua X's across the unpainted chest