Butterfly and Blooms, Sweet Antique Oil on Board Paint (Any End Up!) antique acrobat toy now known as Nightengale Valley

now known as Nightengale Valley I believe) on the Avon

which shows very very subtly on the front cover

This means taking a little care to set the lid squarely on top when opening and closing

I love it just as an object (with a handy hole at the top for hanging)

9 3/8" t x 6 1/2" w x 6" d and in excellent vintage condition

Butterfly and Blooms, Sweet Antique Oil on Board Paint (Any End Up!) antique acrobat toy now known as Nightengale ValleyJust a sweet and lovely little painting, purchased from a favorite rare book seller in Maine, from whom I've bought lots of old hand done things. Seems to me there is no set orientation it works from every direction, so perhaps a litmus test of sorts: a butterfly fluttering heavenward, or descending toward the earth? 8 3 8" x 6 1 2", oil on board, very good condition, perfect sky blue.