Radiant Old Painted Folk Art Watermelon Slice polar bear with all of the wire

with all of the wire still well attached

his brothers William and Joseph

buildings and ceramics most particularly

I believe this one is a tea bowl or chawan as well

Radiant Old Painted Folk Art Watermelon Slice polar bear with all of the wireI never paid much attention to folk art watermelon then I found this beautiful slice and realized its all about glorious color! Surface, too, here, with perfectly aged paint, showing a little more cracking on one side than the other. There's a pale green tint to the inner rind, and the red, with creamy white and black seeds dotting it, is just perfection. Pure yum. 11 1 8 x 3 11 16 x 1 1 8 and in very good condition, with a little paint loss to the