Large Stencil Painted Beetle on Masonite, From VFW Hall, Orrington, MA folk art seaplane which are woven into the

which are woven into the sides of the basket

(I have found a few other examples featuring pencil written names like this

commissioned and built in the United States during World War I

signed at lower right

I love them as a pair and would use them as vases or perhaps as storage vessels for chopsticks or wooden spoons or whatnot

Large Stencil Painted Beetle on Masonite, From VFW Hall, Orrington, MA folk art seaplane which are woven into theI have no idea the story behind how this stencil spray painted beetle came to live in the VFW Hall in Orrington, Maine, but so it seems to have, as handwritten on the reverse, and at some point was stickered by the Orrington Historical Society. Whatever the case, a pretty great one I think, with those six stenciled legs making it look like a skeleton dancing. Just the right softness spatter to the spray painted edges, too. 13 1 8" w x 12 1 2" t, spray