Antique Blue Painted Trunk Side with Yellow Bird on Branch antique needlework which would have matched popular

which would have matched popular decks of the time

from the water crashing against rocks

These examples of Black Americana

3 1/4" tall x 2 3/4" wide x 2 1/2" deep

3 1/8" long x approx

Antique Blue Painted Trunk Side with Yellow Bird on Branch antique needlework which would have matched popularMy general philosophy is to buy things whose sheer existence makes me happy, which is certainly the case with this, surely once the side of a trunk, iron handle still in place, and which someone cared enough to salvage. The red breasted yellow bird on branch of what looks a bit like bleeding hearts gives me all the pleasure of a fraktur watercolor, with the wavy yellow border and then dovetailed edges of the panel making the perfect frame! Plus that