Landscape with Gate, Charming Old Folk Art Oil Painting in Gold Frame revolutionary war I do believe quite a

I do believe quite a special thing

As long as one does not do much touching of them

I found this lovely silver mouse digging through a bin in a shop in southern Maine where I have

6 3/4" x 4 5/8"

but also great from an object design standpoint--and perhaps to keep handy for announcing one's daily mood

Landscape with Gate, Charming Old Folk Art Oil Painting in Gold Frame revolutionary war I do believe quite aA little gem of a folk painting I think, better in person the combination of blue and green and white really do it for me, and I love that the gate is neat dead center, a threshold just waiting to be crossed. And the painterly bands of white to either side of it, though I guess representing a stone wall, seem as if suggesting a flock of sheep lined up waiting to be released! Initialed at lower right and framed as found, in an old gold painted frame