Antique Folk Art Watercolor Drawing of Fancy Woman with Bustle Skirt antique treen shaker with the wood now showing

with the wood now showing darker on the front and lighter on the back of the chair

The top sits just slightly back from the edge of the bottom

and hard to argue with the loveliness of these two gentle creatures

with a turned blonde wood handle that is notched at the end to fit over the turned bowl

Signed and upper right

Antique Folk Art Watercolor Drawing of Fancy Woman with Bustle Skirt antique treen shaker with the wood now showingI purchased this and a second naive watercolor drawing of an Indian chief, surely by the same maker, from a seller in Pennsylvania, who found them tucked in the back of a late 19th century scrapbook. Their maker certainly had a way with color and wonderful details, in this case from her fabulous feathered hat to her little yellow parasol to those terrific blue boots! And then that little pencil drawn pocket and not one but two bows on her bustle