SOLD Fantastic Early 19th C. Pinprick Watercolor Portrait of Beggar and Child vintage barware I'd never seen a pocket

I'd never seen a pocket knife carved entirely of wood

It appears this was long ago painted gold

and peas growing in limestone and water

Both the shapes and the placement of those dots is wonderfully irregular

SOLD Fantastic Early 19th C. Pinprick Watercolor Portrait of Beggar and Child vintage barware I'd never seen a pocketI only buy things I like and would be happy to keep, but this is one of those I'd be especially fine holding on to ; I really really really love pinprick decorated watercolors, and this I believe is quite a phenomenal example. What an incredible density of tiny tiny pricked holes, making the hat and robe of this man feel quite like a cloud, and with what appear like angel wings (though perhaps a large pack) emerging from his back. The effect to my eye