The paper is irregular along the left edge
The drawers are lined in black velvet
arms stretched before them
with the rope carved in the round as it snakes across the top of the anchor
The piece measures 2 1/8" tall x 2" wide x 3/4" deep
Signed Forest Landscape on Wooden Painter's Palette, 1904, Scandanavian Edvard Lindahl The paper is irregular alongQuite a marvelous thing, with quite an aura! I have long wanted to find a painting on an old painter's palette, and all the better it be a Scandanavian forest landscape, I believe specifically Danish, signed and dated 1904 on the reverse by brother (Fra) Anlobsopladser (I believe) of Munkebjarg, which, from what I can find, was a favored retreat for painters and artists in the late 19th early 20th century near Veijle Fjord. A rare and special thing,