SOLD Fabulous Vintage French Folk Art Butcher Shop Diorama sgraffito vase with the W of the

with the W of the monogram standing for that family's name

which it suggests it might take care of in one's absence

part of what drew me it that this is clearly that--a tintype of an earlier cased photo

the basic goal is to grab one jack while throwing the ball in the air then letting it bounce once and catching it

Corcoran Gallery of Art

SOLD Fabulous Vintage French Folk Art Butcher Shop Diorama sgraffito vase with the W of theI didn't realize French butcher shop dioramas were such a thing prior to finding this one the other day, but indeed there is a long history of them; a quick search turns up a number of quite extraordinary 19th century examples. This from Christie's: "Model butcher shops were probably made to fulfill an educational role, designed to be studied rather than played with as toys, as the cuts of meat and types of carcasses are rendered with some accuracy."