19th C. Oil on Board Peaches Still Life 4oth birthdat 15 5/8" w x 9

15 5/8" w x 9 5/8" d x 5 3/4" t and in very good

I've always been a bit amazed by the prices these old folk art sock/stocking cats command

As I believe the cup from which one drinks should be a great source of pleasure

and now keep an eye out as I think they're just lovely

19th C. Oil on Board Peaches Still Life 4oth birthdat 15 5/8" w x 9I love an antique still life painting of fruit, and this pile of peaches with purple fig at right was beautifully executed, with a richness perfectly befitting ripe peaches! It hasn't been cleaned, and is a somewhat dark, but get it in the right light and those peaches are luminous! (Of course one could have it cleaned, but I personally like the aura and atmospherics of it just as it is, as if painted in candlelight to begin with and meant to be