Woman with Jugs and Fish, Early 19th Century Watercolor Portrait carved match holder with beautiful wood grain and

with beautiful wood grain and these nice rounded lips where the two sides join

especially due to the smooth black fabric inside

as if having conquered all

8 1/4" if measured from tip to tip (her elbow to frog's mouth)

one of thirteen children of sharecropper parents who went on to acquire their own farm

Woman with Jugs and Fish, Early 19th Century Watercolor Portrait carved match holder with beautiful wood grain andThis I know was found inside the pages of an early 19th century Bible. How long it lived there I am not sure, but I believe dates to the 1820s or 30s. What I love most is the treatment of that fish and her hand as she grips the basket that holds it along with some greens poking out at the other end. She's got her hands full! A pretty terrific face, too, especially those eyebrows. The picture of a hard working woman juggling all of the things. A nice