Folk Art Painting on Tin Lid with Boaters, Mountains, Teepees, Camp Fire configuration cards plus a key hole on

plus a key hole on the front--though there is no longer a key

or great as a favorite for cereal or ice cream

which would read in full "Pat'd June 17

and perhaps also watercolor for the color

with a steel spinning tip at the end and an inset lighter wood handle

Folk Art Painting on Tin Lid with Boaters, Mountains, Teepees, Camp Fire configuration cards plus a key hole onIt takes a very close view to fully appreciate some of the details on this one, but I think it's pretty great just on its face. I believe the lid was likely to a paint can it's about that size and of course I love a painting made on whatever happens to be sitting around. A close up view reveals the boaters to be Native American, wearing feathered headdresses, and on the left shore bank, though fairly dark, are a pair of teepees with tall trees behind