Thickly Caked Large Old Wooden Painter's Palette old wooden horse with turned wood handles

with turned wood handles

Average size is about 1/2" in diameter

I like to think the maker of this made one for every month of the year--and I wish I had them all

spiritual objects and the contexts in which they were/are traditionally used

I first wanted to describe this small watercolor as serene

Thickly Caked Large Old Wooden Painter's Palette old wooden horse with turned wood handlesPerhaps the painter who used this palette made paintings on board that they rested right on it, forcing the use of the palette itself to the borders, where the paint build up is about 3 4 of an inch deep, creating a a nice edge for a panel to push up against. Or, perhaps they scraped and cleaned the rest away but left the border as history. In either case, pretty beautiful to me, and with a great sense of future possibility about it. 15 1 4" t x 12 1