Classically Inspired Lovers with Grapes in Hand, Folk Art Relief Carving antique watercolor of newfoundland I think it was a

I think it was a brilliant move of the maker of this old sign to put the red hen at top

but I'm not certain of its origins

The unfinished wood is very light in weight

though some scholars view them as lacrimarium (tear vials--such a wonderful image) that were to be buried with the deceased

perfectly aged and used condition

Classically Inspired Lovers with Grapes in Hand, Folk Art Relief Carving antique watercolor of newfoundland I think it was aI really love this relief carving, surely inspired by an image on a Grecian urn or something along those lines, and I have to think one with a bacchanalian theme, as she grips a bunch of grapes in her raised hand. (Perhaps he is reaching for one with his extended arm, too!) Such wonderfully folky faces, hers tiny in comparison the the rest of her body, with great curtain of hair hanging down as he holds her, with a (very large!) hand at her waist. The