Antique Round Braided Silk Tabletop Mat - One of Two early Zanesville vase You can tell its flea

You can tell its flea market season when I start acquiring things like this

I just picked up six of these brilliantly colorful pattern paintings on lightweight board and think they are just gorgeous

MA that had some pretty fantastic jewelry

The white details of the face (including smiling mouth) mane and tale were hand-painted on top of a layer of brown paint

but there is no iron weight on its underside

Antique Round Braided Silk Tabletop Mat - One of Two early Zanesville vase You can tell its fleaI've become such a fan of these old braided mats, and look at a lot of them before landing on ones I really like. This and one other I am listing I found together and assume were made by the same person, who I think had a very good eye for color and pattern. Good on the table under the coffee pot or tea pot or dishes or candlesticks or whatever. 14 1 8" in diameter and in good antique condition on both side, definitely used and a bit faded, but lovely.