Decorative Gouache Fireside Studios "Practice Board" Paper Lanterns Painting, 1935 educational toy This wonderful little antique carved

This wonderful little antique carved wooden cherub I am guessing is French

this feels like a museum piece

which would become the oldest continuously operating independent boarding school in the United States

it is easy to grip and use with precision

It took me a while

Decorative Gouache Fireside Studios "Practice Board" Paper Lanterns Painting, 1935 educational toy This wonderful little antique carvedI bought a bunch of these together, my favorites of which I am listing individually, then I'll list another handful together, your choice, at a common price. A little digging reveals that "Fireside Studios" the maker of these "practice boards was a division of Fireside Industries, Adrian, Michigan, which sold and promoted all manner of decorative projects targeted to women at home. With these practice boards, one was to complete decorative painting