Ship and Castle, Old Folk Art Oil on Wood Panel Painting wooden nautical dial I can say it very

I can say it very functional

I might hold this perfectly shapes and super smooth thing in one hand while doing so

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but all the better for being attached to a functional object

sound and standing sturdy

Ship and Castle, Old Folk Art Oil on Wood Panel Painting wooden nautical dial I can say it veryPart of what I love about this oil on wood panel painting is its succinctness: just a ship sailing across the sea toward a castle on the coast. Perhaps at sea for quite a long time and just about to achieve its destiny, or perhaps it will sail on by, as that fortress looks rather formidable! (And, indeed, it seems a bit like a metaphorical dual between darkness and light, progress and stasis, going on here.) Late 19th early 20th c. I'd think and