All the better in person, this is my favorite of the week and to my eye just a perfect thing. Early 19th century I believe, and the paint is oil rather than watercolor, giving the surface of that wonderful apple and its finely serrated leaves (I thought at first maybe actual leaves that had been pressed down, but I do believe painted) a marvelous sheen. I did a search for Turn of the Lane apples and can find not even a reference--a long lost variety, it seems. And the T at upper left suggests perhaps this was once part of a whole alphabet of fruit paintings. If only I had them all!
8 5/8" t x 8 1/8" w x 1" d framed, under glass, as found. The frame is old, but I think likely not quite as old as the painting. Two interior edges of the frame are painted a sort of sky blue as shown. All in very good antique condition, with hanging loop at top.
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