Electric Feeling 19th Century Tinsel Painting with Floating Watermelon and Knife, Original Frame cutout wooden bird are of course the things

are of course the things that usually give me the most pleasure

which this one very much feels

8 1/2" x 6 3/8"

newly restored with a new canvas lining

What makes it for me of course is this hand-painted bird on green leafy branch

Electric Feeling 19th Century Tinsel Painting with Floating Watermelon and Knife, Original Frame cutout wooden bird are of course the thingsI don't very often go for a tinsel painting, often a bit too garish for me though their existence as an artform makes me really happy but I was all in at first sight with this one, found in New Hampshire, with the watermelon perched on top, and that knife floating above it as if levitating, really doing it for me! Terrific down to every detail I think , from the bright yellow footed bowl with red painted details (all the painting is reverse glass