Butterfly and Blooms, Sweet Antique Oil on Board Paint (Any End Up!) Ives There is a small loss

There is a small loss to one edge of the muddling end that looks to have occurred long ago

but it is pretty close

and highly doubtful one will come across another set of these

as noted on the back of the frame

Butterfly and Blooms, Sweet Antique Oil on Board Paint (Any End Up!) Ives There is a small lossJust a sweet and lovely little painting, purchased from a favorite rare book seller in Maine, from whom I've bought lots of old hand done things. Seems to me there is no set orientation it works from every direction, so perhaps a litmus test of sorts: a butterfly fluttering heavenward, or descending toward the earth? 8 3 8" x 6 1 2", oil on board, very good condition, perfect sky blue.