Small Antique Folk Art Portrait Painting of Poe-esque Man in Black contemporary studio pottery The tube is only long

The tube is only long enough to hold a fairly short stem or two--encouraging creativity

often puzzles or rebuses

including a couple with drawn on faces

with a little roughness in a couple of spots around the edge and one dark stain on the inside of the bowl

I only recently came across another example of an antique oil cloth ball like this one

Small Antique Folk Art Portrait Painting of Poe-esque Man in Black contemporary studio pottery The tube is only longGreat face, looking a bit like Edgar Allen Poe, or at least as full of anxiety as so feeling quite apt for the moment! I'm forever on the hunt for small antique paintings that pack a big punch, portraits most of all hard to find, and what a lot of personality to this one, with the black ground just right. 10 1 2" x 8 1 2". Signed what looks like E. F. Carr on the back of the canvas, with "No. 5" above. Oil on canvas. A few scratches to his face, which