Wonderful Antique Folk Art Reverse Glass Painting of Flowers chimney sweeps Made by Royal Winton Grimwades

Made by Royal Winton Grimwades

includes two hot and cold thermoses

Plus a great Spencerian calligraphy drawing of a bird announcing Duodecimals

and it appears there are old staples along the top edges of the shorter sides which perhaps held some covering in place

I always have an eye out for old wood-framed

Wonderful Antique Folk Art Reverse Glass Painting of Flowers chimney sweeps Made by Royal Winton GrimwadesI LOVE this naive reverse glass painting of flowers, which verges into the realm of total abstraction, and also, for me at least, evokes a cluster of seaweeds and corals as much as it does a floral arrangement. I know that reverse glass painting was taught to young women in the first half of the 19th century and then became widely popular as a decorative art from about 1850 to 1890; I am not certain the date on this one, but 19th century for sure. And