SOLD Great Old Varnished Cow Painting on Wood Panel antique gift book I had to dig around

I had to dig around a lot to find another of these Bennington Potters spoon rests

but the box is in great shape

first taught in America in the first half of the 19th c

and when you screw it off

SOLD Great Old Varnished Cow Painting on Wood Panel antique gift book I had to dig aroundI found this one at the Rhinebeck Antiques show last weekend and was sold in one second flat lots of life to this cow, and also a certain effortlessness to the rendering, and that white triangle at the center of its forehead lands just right to hold it all together. With a perfect wispiness to the end of its tail and painterly dark green grass all around its nicely hoofed feet. With a thin layer of stain varnish over top, and lots of pencil writing