Well Used (and a bit Turner-esque) Wooden Painter's Palette antique collection though I have not seen

though I have not seen one more wonderful than this

or the first buds of spring

though the best detail also shows a stray bit of fiber to the left of the crack--not a flaw

The male penguin overall in fine shape and I think quite indestructible

and the wood is in excellent shape

Well Used (and a bit Turner-esque) Wooden Painter's Palette antique collection though I have not seenIt's rare that I find an old painter's palette with a satisfying build up of paint on it these days that doesn't cost a fortune and more and more I seem to come across palettes that look to have been deliberately painted for decorative purposes (yikes!) But this is a good one, which looks to have been used for quite a substantial period of time by a real painter, with a surface that has been scraped down and built up numerous times over, looking to me