Lovely Antique Watercolor of Three Apples in Great Frame signed studio pottery with frame then painted around

with frame then painted around it

with smiling pencil drawn face

One of my very favorite carvings I've had

second half 19th c

discovered in Paris by a Belgian seller

Lovely Antique Watercolor of Three Apples in Great Frame signed studio pottery with frame then painted aroundI've got a special weakness for paintings of apples, especially ones that feel as much like portraits as still lives, and think this antique watercolor is really a lovely one. Crisp and soft and bright, just like an apple, and I love how the artist so carefully positioned the apples such that all of the stems would point exactly the same way. Late 19th early 20th c. I believe, and in a terrific antique dark red painted frame. Framed, as found: 15 5 8"