Striking Old Hand-painted Green on White Checkerboard Under Glass shading study 3/8" diameter

3/8" diameter

and joining one of the borders to the linen

And what a terrific bull it is

through to his opening to the J

Very nicely--and painstakingly

Striking Old Hand-painted Green on White Checkerboard Under Glass shading study 3/8" diameterPhotos really don't do justice to this one. The board itself is gorgeously painterly green gouache or watercolor on cream paper or board, with a pencil drawn outline around the perimeter, and thin black ink lines around each square. It was set in a heavy, solid wood frame (oak I think), with glass over top, and I believe used to play on this way quite a lot! The glass shows a (to my eye) wonderful pattern of surface scratching over the green (but not