Thickly Caked Large Old Wooden Painter's Palette vintage toy bowling set is signed (incised) Mottahedeh on

is signed (incised) Mottahedeh on the underside and features its original sticker

fancily painted

A little bump to the bottom left corner but overall very good condition

And on the opposite inside page a note that it was a birthday present to Betsey Adams (Nellie) from her friend Dorinda Conant

but nice for holding rings or other little things

Thickly Caked Large Old Wooden Painter's Palette vintage toy bowling set is signed (incised) Mottahedeh onPerhaps the painter who used this palette made paintings on board that they rested right on it, forcing the use of the palette itself to the borders, where the paint build up is about 3 4 of an inch deep, creating a a nice edge for a panel to push up against. Or, perhaps they scraped and cleaned the rest away but left the border as history. In either case, pretty beautiful to me, and with a great sense of future possibility about it. 15 1 4" t x 12 1