Samuel Wood Gaylor, Lovely, Delicate Watercolor Portrait of Young Woman, 1920 stoneware plates an object with a real

an object with a real presence

" One guesses the Laura Webster who signed it was likely the recipient's mother

with the string unwound enough to pass under the paws of all of them

) Plus a few little extra blank ones in blue and red

And the painted skirt stripes and boots on this Laura are especially terrific

Samuel Wood Gaylor, Lovely, Delicate Watercolor Portrait of Young Woman, 1920 stoneware plates an object with a realI think the highlight of July Brimfield for me was digging through a pile of paintings and watercolors by American artists Samuel Wood Gaylor (1883 1957) and Adelaide Lawson Gaylor (1889 1986), which had been acquired by the dealer from a one time neighbor of the couple on Long Island. I plucked a handful, signed and unsigned, including this very lovely, delicate watercolor portrait on paper signed by Wood Gaylor, dated 1920 emblematic of his