Decorative Gouache Fireside Studios "Practice Board" Paper Lanterns Painting, 1935 vintage drawinbg and grabbed this one for

and grabbed this one for its cream-painted wood handle with a great

with three dancing clowns in ballooning pants on one side

and with the snuff box housed not in the cavity of the shoe

perhaps done by a colleague or former student

Some wear and light scratching to the surface of the brass

Decorative Gouache Fireside Studios "Practice Board" Paper Lanterns Painting, 1935 vintage drawinbg and grabbed this one forI bought a bunch of these together, my favorites of which I am listing individually, then I'll list another handful together, your choice, at a common price. A little digging reveals that "Fireside Studios" the maker of these "practice boards was a division of Fireside Industries, Adrian, Michigan, which sold and promoted all manner of decorative projects targeted to women at home. With these practice boards, one was to complete decorative painting