Turn of the Lane, Wonderful Earlyish 19th Century Oil on Paper Apple with Perfect Inked Lettering antique toy set which has a fair amount

which has a fair amount of age and I think suits it just fine

it seems to nod to old salt glazed jugs

what looks to be a little upside-down heart in pencil

and elegant forms slightly tapered at the middle

substantial scale at 12 3/8" l x 4 1/8" w x 5" t

Turn of the Lane, Wonderful Earlyish 19th Century Oil on Paper Apple with Perfect Inked Lettering antique toy set which has a fair amountAll the better in person, this is my favorite of the week and to my eye just a perfect thing. Early 19th century I believe, and the paint is oil rather than watercolor, giving the surface of that wonderful apple and its finely serrated leaves (I thought at first maybe actual leaves that had been pressed down, but I do believe painted) a marvelous sheen. I did a search for Turn of the Lane apples and can find not even a reference a long lost variety,