Little Gem of an Antique Oil Painting: Pipe with Matches and Ashtray handmade broom maybe 20% used

maybe 20% used

You can tell its flea market season when I start acquiring things like this

Minor paint loss as detailed

and wish I could say they were as charming and well behaved as this bunch

with hinges well attached

Little Gem of an Antique Oil Painting: Pipe with Matches and Ashtray handmade broom maybe 20% usedA total gem of a small painting I think, which if I weren't so much in the habit of listing things quickly, I'd take the time to find a nice fat black frame for, which would really make it sing. Beautifully done, oil on board, with wonderful attention given to every detail, right down to each carefully arranged match in that lovely red and white striped vessel. Renderings of pipes always make me think of Magritte, and I think Magritte would have