Hand-painted Treen Easter Egg, 1891, with Painter's Palette on Reverse Victorian watercolor sketch and there is a signature

and there is a signature carved into one handle

MA mansion at the estate sale of a former Hollywood actress

with 4 holes evenly spaced around the top perimeter

which I purchased online from a seller who did not know anything about it--I was just immediately taken with the evocativeness of the portrait

with the sender then having dreamed up and watercolor painted the rest--casting Miss Edith (the recipient of the card) as a diva of sorts

Hand-painted Treen Easter Egg, 1891, with Painter's Palette on Reverse Victorian watercolor sketch and there is a signatureNot in perfect shape, but I just cant resist things like thisall that effort someone put into painting it, including pretty fabulous painters palette with brushes on the flip side. The interior of the egg was painted too, a lemony cream, and Id guess it was delivered as an Easter gift with some added treat inside. There are a couple of hairline cracks on the the palette side that run all the way through the wood and which look to have been carefully