Antique Folk Art Watercolor Drawing of Fancy Woman with Bustle Skirt chicago worlds fair Its shape is that of

Its shape is that of a ginger jar

and porcupine quills popping out everywhere--at an antique shop in Newburyport

The glass bottle and interior rim around are stained black from years of use

and those mustached profiles do look rather French to me

and snatch them up whenever I do

Antique Folk Art Watercolor Drawing of Fancy Woman with Bustle Skirt chicago worlds fair Its shape is that ofI purchased this and a second naive watercolor drawing of an Indian chief, surely by the same maker, from a seller in Pennsylvania, who found them tucked in the back of a late 19th century scrapbook. Their maker certainly had a way with color and wonderful details, in this case from her fabulous feathered hat to her little yellow parasol to those terrific blue boots! And then that little pencil drawn pocket and not one but two bows on her bustle