Antique Hand-painted Checkerboard on Tin with Insanely Beautiful Surface antique tin man The apricot is less unusual

The apricot is less unusual but very nicely done as well

or a group of summer campers

When I first saw this fantastic pair of vintage Japanese tiered Art Deco ceramic planters glazed a rich

in Northampton

circa 1940s

Antique Hand-painted Checkerboard on Tin with Insanely Beautiful Surface antique tin man The apricot is less unusualI find this game board spectacularly beautiful, with that creamy white paint making me swoon, and with the most phenomenal surface, that also has some mystery about it, which comes from the intermingling of the aged paint and tin it was painted upon brown and rust and silver all together, difficult to know quite where one ends and another begins. It was quite surprising at first to pick it up and find it quite light in weight, only then understanding