Charming Antique Folk Art Watercolor of Bird on Branch Signed Esa, Framed Tales from the Igloo with the first members of

with the first members of the family moving from New England to San Francisco during the gold rush in 1850

9 5/8" tall including post

containing 113 variations on the game submitted by avid players from around the country

brass wire beautifully wraps both the horizontally running bristles that form the handle and attached bunches of bristles that hang down perpendicularly

but it also might have been the all purpose go-to for all sorts off mixing and stirring

Charming Antique Folk Art Watercolor of Bird on Branch Signed Esa, Framed Tales from the Igloo with the first members ofI'm always on the lookout for 19th century Fraktur style folk art watercolors exactly like this one, which I am assuming was done by a young girl named Esa, though there are also the initials HL in pencil at lower left. The bird, flowers and branch were outlined in pencil, then painted in soft blue, green, ochre and pink. Serene but very cheerful and just lovely. Done on lined paper, with an embossed mark at lower right. It appears to be fairly newly