Thickly Caked Large Old Wooden Painter's Palette mushrooms with what I'm pretty sure

with what I'm pretty sure is its original paint--a dark red overall

1961 on reverse

4" tall x 3 7/8" wide x 2 1/4" deep

which is less comprehensive and less interesting (though very pretty) than the bulk of it

5 5/8" in diameter x 5 5/8" tall

Thickly Caked Large Old Wooden Painter's Palette mushrooms with what I'm pretty surePerhaps the painter who used this palette made paintings on board that they rested right on it, forcing the use of the palette itself to the borders, where the paint build up is about 3 4 of an inch deep, creating a a nice edge for a panel to push up against. Or, perhaps they scraped and cleaned the rest away but left the border as history. In either case, pretty beautiful to me, and with a great sense of future possibility about it. 15 1 4" t x 12 1