Little Gem of an Antique Oil Painting: Pipe with Matches and Ashtray antique spice box set as two is even better

as two is even better than one

In 1917 they created The Village Store and Tea Room in New York City

What a pair these two make

but I did recently find a seller with a nice bunch of them all by a N

And the extraordinary skill

Little Gem of an Antique Oil Painting: Pipe with Matches and Ashtray antique spice box set as two is even betterA total gem of a small painting I think, which if I weren't so much in the habit of listing things quickly, I'd take the time to find a nice fat black frame for, which would really make it sing. Beautifully done, oil on board, with wonderful attention given to every detail, right down to each carefully arranged match in that lovely red and white striped vessel. Renderings of pipes always make me think of Magritte, and I think Magritte would have