Three Cats with Blue String, c. 1870s Theorem Watercolor in Period Frame wooden vessel matter and its shadow

matter and its shadow

Creamer: 5 1/4" wide with handle

Tons about Humphrey out there

So a bit of a mystery

and all that one might speculate about them

Three Cats with Blue String, c. 1870s Theorem Watercolor in Period Frame wooden vessel matter and its shadowI purchased this one from a dealer in upstate NY who had it is his collection for about 30 years. I believe the watercolor is based on a Currier and Ives print, as so many 19th century folk art drawings and paintings were, but rare in my experience to find one rendered as a theorem watercolor. (Theorem paintings were made with the use of hand cut paper or cardboard stencils, lending hard edges to the outlined shapes, and glass tubes used for blowing