At Ease, with Hanging Pots, Esther Pressoir 1930s Signed Ink on Paper Drawing of Two Figures staffordshire china With its short handle I

With its short handle I believe it is a butter paddle

in northern Holland

with dark mud-looking stain as noted and a bit of what I think is some green paint rubbed off of another drawing at lower right on that same side

And the folky treatment of those little feet gripping the branch of the tree I find extremely satisfying

but holding it a bit loose

At Ease, with Hanging Pots, Esther Pressoir 1930s Signed Ink on Paper Drawing of Two Figures staffordshire china With its short handle IOne of two more today, both drawings, by Esther Estelle ("Stella") Pressoir (American, 1902 1980). I knew nothing of Pressoir when I plucked these at Brimfield, but what a delight it has been to learn a bit about her, and Stella's star is most definitely on the rise. Assistant Professor of Theory and History of Art and Design at the Rhode Island School of Design Suzanne M. Scanlan's recently published Esther Pressoir: A Modern Womans Painter situates