Oil on Glass Pansy Painting with Tiny Scissors! gift for designer Ipswich [England] August 15

Ipswich [England] August 15

And then leather and gold-toned wire added for the bridle and reigns

wonderfully irregular and buttery smooth

blank side if desired

is Victorian

Oil on Glass Pansy Painting with Tiny Scissors! gift for designer Ipswich [England] August 15It's the little pair of scissors painted in the bottom right corner about to snip a leaf of of one stem that really sold me on this painting, which, somewhat surprisingly, was painted on the face of a plate of glass, making me think that whoever made it was perhaps just using whatever they had on hand. But scissors aside, I think it's a lovely little painting, delicately done, and with a subtle, somewhat muted palette that makes these pansies feel