Striking Old Hand-painted Green on White Checkerboard Under Glass school assigment and with the weight balanced

and with the weight balanced squarely on her on her shoulders she serves as quite a sturdy handle for carrying the load

rather just sort of tap it

just missing glass panes

8 7/8" wide x 11 7/8" tall x 1/4" thick

on September 22

Striking Old Hand-painted Green on White Checkerboard Under Glass school assigment and with the weight balancedPhotos really don't do justice to this one. The board itself is gorgeously painterly green gouache or watercolor on cream paper or board, with a pencil drawn outline around the perimeter, and thin black ink lines around each square. It was set in a heavy, solid wood frame (oak I think), with glass over top, and I believe used to play on this way quite a lot! The glass shows a (to my eye) wonderful pattern of surface scratching over the green (but not