Electric Feeling 19th Century Tinsel Painting with Floating Watermelon and Knife, Original Frame handmade brush and good for counting all

and good for counting all sorts of things

so now it just needs to sit somewhere

10 5/8" x 8 1/2" and in very good antique condition

I believe this one dates to the early 20th century

Electric Feeling 19th Century Tinsel Painting with Floating Watermelon and Knife, Original Frame handmade brush and good for counting allI don't very often go for a tinsel painting, often a bit too garish for me though their existence as an artform makes me really happy but I was all in at first sight with this one, found in New Hampshire, with the watermelon perched on top, and that knife floating above it as if levitating, really doing it for me! Terrific down to every detail I think , from the bright yellow footed bowl with red painted details (all the painting is reverse glass