{"product_id":"wonderful-wedding-present-pastel-bowl-of-fruit-by-great-aunt-mollie-c-1919-at-age-81","title":"Wonderful Wedding Present Pastel Bowl of Fruit by Great Aunt Mollie, c. 1919, At Age 81","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is one of two artworks found in Nashville that were done by 80+ year old women, which in and of itself makes me happy, and even more happily they are both great things. The age of the makers also reminds one of the fact that things made by a person at one point in time carry that maker's whole history of reference points; in the case of this pastel, for example, the Aunt Mollie who drew it would have been born in 1838 (as indicated from the note on reverse) and so came of age in the era of theorem still lives and sandpaper drawings, which we can sure see in this! And what a fitting wedding present, made by Mollie for her grand nephew Earl and wife Ona in 1919--hopefully a harbinger of a fruitful life together! To my eye completely charming in every way, starting with the marvelously detailed (pressed milk glass I presume) bowl on scallop-edged doily decorated with charcoal drawn flowers. All sitting on a surface that sure looks grain painted! And then a wonderland of cotton candy colored fruit! Fabulous and very joyful on all levels. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Framed, under glass, 16 5\/8\" x 14 9\/16. Sight 13 5\/8\" x 11 5\/8\" All in very good condition, original frame, with a note on reverse never to remove it as the \"French crayons will stick to the glass. Better and more radiant in hand. Wired for hanging. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"critical EYE Finds","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47813896601854,"sku":null,"price":265.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0015\/5022\/1382\/files\/IMG_4823_0b774658-7bfd-4035-9ee1-fd479244b76f.png?v=1771338664","url":"https:\/\/www.criticaleyefinds.com\/products\/wonderful-wedding-present-pastel-bowl-of-fruit-by-great-aunt-mollie-c-1919-at-age-81","provider":"critical EYE Finds","version":"1.0","type":"link"}