Sweet Naive 1880s Graphite Drawing of Hillside Village - 2 of 2 plates shaped like a bird and

shaped like a bird and originally intended as a salt dish I believe

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and they are quite fine little things

there has been some deterioration to the bronze: on the front

Made for standard candles

Sweet Naive 1880s Graphite Drawing of Hillside Village - 2 of 2 plates shaped like a bird andI'm really smitten with this sweet little "naive" pencil drawing of a hillside village, one of two in the shop that came from a larger collection of drawings executed by the artist on a Grand Tour encompassing Italy, Germany, Switzerland and Norway. I love everything about it, especially the way the various structures are spaced out and snuggled together, with that great drop downhill at the far right It was done in the 1880s, about the same time that