Wonderful 1870s Oil on Board Still Life Painting of Oranges swiss toy animal present and future

present and future

Each cup" 4" tall x 3" across at handle x 1 3/4" deep

starting with those trees

with tiny nicks and scratches all over

but I think I'd fill them with dips

Wonderful 1870s Oil on Board Still Life Painting of Oranges swiss toy animal present and futureI am completely taken with this small oil on board still life of a couple of oranges; just a little gem of a painting I think. Initialed and dated at bottom right A. J. B (18)77 I believe I like it even better for the aging of the paint, which has had made the skin of the unsliced orange, especially, feel all the more orange like; just fantastic. And just right set on this simple tabletop, with a loose suggestion of wood grain, against a soft,