Save the Food Gouache on Board Art Student Painting decorative dish I am pretty certain it

I am pretty certain it is copper

which opens just to reveal

There is also some wear to the silver rim around the eye

This very old Black Americana tin toy is pretty distressed

it strikes me as a wonderfully poetic representation of fall

Save the Food Gouache on Board Art Student Painting decorative dish I am pretty certain itThis painting came from a portfolio of student work by a Rachel S. Roberts, c. 1918 I'd guess a class assignment from an advertising design class. Though done as a mock graphic for the U. S. Food Administration founded in 1917 to administer food reserves for the U. S. army and allies during World War I certainly the message remains relevant today, and I really love her rendering of those fish, especially! 9" x 12" gouache on board. Some stains and a