Boy in Hat with Dogs Victorian Era Painting on Wood Panel Californian decor Really a terrific object that

Really a terrific object that would be great on the desk sitting atop incoming or outgoing mail

with a small dark spot on one side of the lid and a small water stain at the base of one side and onto the bottom

but is forever kept from pulling out by a carved wooden arm that extends across just below the neck of the bottle

where at the very edge of the lip the wicker seems to have lost its very end

maybe filled with a few bags of dried beans just waiting to be cooked

Boy in Hat with Dogs Victorian Era Painting on Wood Panel Californian decor Really a terrific object thatI'm not sure that I could love this old painting more; what could be better than this wide eyed, long lashed boy in hat plus not one but three adorable puppies!!! All the better is that it be painted (in oil) on an old chamfered wood panel, with various dings and scrapes and wear that just add to its charms. Victorian era American, and I believe based on a popular advertising image of the time, though I think it has a bit of a Mexican ratablo feel