Decorative Gouache Fireside Studios "Practice Board" Flower Tree Painting, 1935 carved turtle embodying endless treasures out in

embodying endless treasures out in the world waiting to be found

There is some wear and cracking to the paint (more visible here in magnified views than with the naked eye) and some rust on the base

I think this non-preciousness is made even better when the boards tells stories of the people who made and used them

I haven't been able to figure out the artist behind this painting

Decorative Gouache Fireside Studios "Practice Board" Flower Tree Painting, 1935 carved turtle embodying endless treasures out inI bought a bunch of these together, my favorites of which I am listing individually, then I'll list another handful together, your choice, at a common price. A little digging reveals that "Fireside Studios" the maker of these "practice boards was a division of Fireside Industries, Adrian, Michigan, which sold and promoted all manner of decorative projects targeted to women at home. With these practice boards, one was to complete decorative painting