Little Boy Smoking Pipe, Small Antique Oil on Canvas Painting art and science with an opening of 7/8"

with an opening of 7/8" across

I think they are just lovely

except that it came from the estate of a serious collector of Americana

or Unicorn of the Sea

I know very little about decoys

Little Boy Smoking Pipe, Small Antique Oil on Canvas Painting art and science with an opening of 7/8"This old painting just made me laugh when I saw it not just for the pipe this little boy (I assume) is smoking, but also for the slouchy red sock, which by my take turns the painting into something of a portrait of a young degenerate in the making (i. e. once one stops taking care with their appearance, all hell breaks loose!) I think his outfit altogether is pretty great, right up to baby blue cap. And the pipe itself is quite a pipe I'm not an