Antique Mahogony Painter's Palette decorative 1930s painting but none in brass

but none in brass

with steel wrapped ferrule

he's a great one to pose

has her sending him a truckload of kisses and looking forward to seeing him on a future trip abroad (as well as mentioning her recent sightseeing to view a couple of ships based in Boston

Definitely mid-century and Italian I believe (the white glazed bottom is common to Bitossi)

Antique Mahogony Painter's Palette decorative 1930s painting but none in brassIt's nice to find beautiful old painter's palette's caked in thick layers of oil paint, but quite often ones I come across feel composed rather than product of an actual painter's process. This lovely old one, mahogany I believe, was at some point cleaned scraped down on the used side, leaving it ready for a painter to put to work again, or to use itself as a blank canvas of sorts, or just to hang on the wall exactly as it is. It's in great shape, no