Wonderful Early Grain Painted Pennsylvania Folk Art Frame, Original Glass and Wood Backing man with top hat with a little edge wear

with a little edge wear at lower right

and the years 1849 and 1850 appear

Framed 11 3/8" x 13 3/4" x 2 1/2" deep

with one dated by hand 1930--then January

original creamy white paint

Wonderful Early Grain Painted Pennsylvania Folk Art Frame, Original Glass and Wood Backing man with top hat with a little edge wearI pretty much never come across such a wonderful, early frame as this, and as I don't currently have something quite worthy of it in hand, I'm offering it up to be used for the precisely perfect thing which I'd say would be a Pennsylvania fraktur watercolor! I know from the seller it came from Berks County, PA, and based on a fair bit of comparison with early grain painted early PA frames out there, I believe it dates to the 1830s 40s. Beautifully