Red Astrican Apples Under Blue Sky, Old Folk Art Oil on Canvas Bali heart decorated iron pieces were

heart decorated iron pieces were usually made for a young women's dowry or as wedding presents

19 7/8” l x 3 3/4” wide at butt of wood handle x 1 1/4” d

found in Maine

Pins are 2 5/8" tall

Initialed with what looks like LSH on the underside

Red Astrican Apples Under Blue Sky, Old Folk Art Oil on Canvas Bali heart decorated iron pieces wereA very winning old folk art painting of apples simple but just right, and clearly filled with admiration for these most iconic of fruits one can just feel the painter arranging them under perfect cloud streaked blue sky to give them their full due. The fact that the back of the painting notes not the name of the artist but, rather, the variety of apple, makes me think the painter likely grew and plucked them his or herself and was quite proud of the