Lot 115 - Antique Miniature Watercolor Painting on Paper, Coastal Seascape with Figures, Sailboat, and Shorebirds, in Gilt Easel Frame, 5-1/2" W x 3-3/8" H

Lot 115 - Antique Miniature Watercolor Painting on Paper, Coastal Seascape with Figures, Sailboat, and Shorebirds, in Gilt Easel Frame, 5-1/2" W x 3-3/8" HAn antique miniature watercolor painting on paper depicting a coastal seascape with horizontal bands of sea rendered in blue green, white capped waves in the foreground, a small figure in red at the water's edge, a sailboat in the middle distance, and shorebirds in flight against a pale sky. The work is housed in a gilt metal frame with an embossed foliate border. The reverse is backed in green velvet with an integral fabric easel stand. The paper

" inside the lamp

with a moving card mechanism shifting the doll’s eyes and hair bow (9" H)

A handwritten pen note on the verso reads "John Chick from Mrs

and general surface soiling

New London

but does show significant wear from use

" an antique medical and nursing textbook compiled by Diana Clifford Kimber

posed casually with hands in pockets

fun piece of 1970s novelty ephemera

25 x 2 x 9 inches

It features the image of a small mythical creature that one might call an imp

Assorted sizes