Curious Late 19th C. Walter A. Wood Lightening Artist Three Minute Souvenir Oil Painting dark blue teacher or parent who made

teacher or parent who made these

The vase is signed Pottery Craft USA on the side near the base

white on black

Smallest (Italian Fiat) measures 4 1/4" square

just great--almost iconic really--with terrific aging to the paint

Curious Late 19th C. Walter A. Wood Lightening Artist Three Minute Souvenir Oil Painting dark blue teacher or parent who madeQuite a curious one! The printed card, to which a gray scale oil painting landscape is mounted, reads: "Genuine Oil Painting executed at the Fair in less than three minutes by our celebrated Lightning Artist in the same manner in which he paints them on our machines". And then on the reverse, visible due to the double sided frame, an engraving of the Walter A. Wood single apron binding harvester with steel bundle carrier in use harvesting a field of