Thickly Caked Large Old Wooden Painter's Palette old wooden horse with a great patina of

with a great patina of stains and scuffs and paint spatters

and sent in 1910) was a happy surprise: "Apples are good

Plate itself is in very good condition

spiritual objects and the contexts in which they were/are traditionally used

I like to think the maker of this made one for every month of the year--and I wish I had them all

Thickly Caked Large Old Wooden Painter's Palette old wooden horse with a great patina ofPerhaps the painter who used this palette made paintings on board that they rested right on it, forcing the use of the palette itself to the borders, where the paint build up is about 3 4 of an inch deep, creating a a nice edge for a panel to push up against. Or, perhaps they scraped and cleaned the rest away but left the border as history. In either case, pretty beautiful to me, and with a great sense of future possibility about it. 15 1 4" t x 12 1