Perfectly Weathered Antique Wooden Model Boat Hull sifting basket perhaps all three part once

perhaps all three part once part of the same collection

This marvelous thing is an antique "sandpaper painting"--a technique popular in the mid 19th century

"--really how not to love them

I'd vote for the latter

they look just fabulous on the kitchen counter

Perfectly Weathered Antique Wooden Model Boat Hull sifting basket perhaps all three part onceWhat I know about model boats is next to nothing, but I find this old wooden hull hugely beautiful in all of its wear and weathered ness, and its lines really elegant, reminding me most, really, of Inuit hide canoes. Clearly it once had a sail, or two, and perhaps functioned as a pond boat, I'm really not sure. I just think it is wonderful exactly as it is photos give a pretty good sense, though the old painted surface is so much better in person, and