Folk Art Chalk Drawing of Couple in Horse-Drawn Sled Signed Clair Bolic footed saucer or European Art Pottery

or European Art Pottery

These trains (scroll through all photos to see the complete set) I purchased at the estate sale of a family in Newburyport

Very good coverall condition

It is mounted (with tape on the back

from whom I understand they were made by a G

Folk Art Chalk Drawing of Couple in Horse-Drawn Sled Signed Clair Bolic footed saucer or European Art PotteryIve only turned up only one reference to any Clair Bolic at allborn in Caldwell, North Carolina with an estimated birth year of 1915, and shown as one of several sisters. This seems about right, though Id think perhaps she moved north (there are some of other Bolics from around the same time in Pennsylvania) to a place of snowy winters, where she might have been inspired to paint this. Though I don't know for sure, I am guessing she was African