Radiant Old Painted Folk Art Watermelon Slice chess pieces 10” tall

10” tall

I think this is quite an old one

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and it seems likely that's where it originated

I love the way she is framed by the cascade of her long hair on one side

Radiant Old Painted Folk Art Watermelon Slice chess pieces 10” tallI never paid much attention to folk art watermelon then I found this beautiful slice and realized its all about glorious color! Surface, too, here, with perfectly aged paint, showing a little more cracking on one side than the other. There's a pale green tint to the inner rind, and the red, with creamy white and black seeds dotting it, is just perfection. Pure yum. 11 1 8 x 3 11 16 x 1 1 8 and in very good condition, with a little paint loss to the