White Cow Wading, Lovely Antique Watercolor Signed Ward in Hand-carved, Presumed Original, Folk Art Frame carved shovels 2 3/8” l x 5/8”

2 3/8” l x 5/8” t and in very good condition

with oval eyes

colorful bird on one branch

but I have never ever seen another of this particular set

but I have not tried to stretch it out completely to measure the full length

White Cow Wading, Lovely Antique Watercolor Signed Ward in Hand-carved, Presumed Original, Folk Art Frame carved shovels 2 3/8” l x 5/8”A beauty of a cow, and a beauty of a watercolor and a charmer of an old carved frame, too. I believe all date to the later 19th century, and would guess the watercolor has lived its whole life, or at least most of it, in this frame. As mounted, it feels rather as if we are looking through a window to catch a glimpse of the cow in the distance, who looks back at us in turn, seeming not altogether pleased to be disturbed. And so, at least to my weird