SOLD Charming and Unusual Earlier 19th Century Watercolor and Cut Paper Pineapple in Presumed Original Frame hopi This antique tintype amazes me

This antique tintype amazes me for how completely contemporary these four look

with a little edge wear at lower right

and also for the efficiency and efficacy of strategy  it represents

One more this week by a young William Donaldson

SOLD Charming and Unusual Earlier 19th Century Watercolor and Cut Paper Pineapple in Presumed Original Frame hopi This antique tintype amazes meOne of my favorite Brimfield finds, this really delights me, including for being quite unusual as far as I've ever seen, part watercolor and part paper cut. And what better way to represent the lattice like skin of a pineapple than this??! In this country the pineapple, accessible only via import from the Caribbean, became a symbol of wealth and hospitality during colonial times apparently, wealthy colonists and plantation owners would rent pineapples