Prize Sow and Piglets Treen 'Black Bess' Inscribed:

'Black Bess' Inscribed:

they boast wonderful textural surfaces and an engaging variety of colours to their richly patinated surface

5” high x 7” wide x 6

England 1886

Impressed: “The Tru-iss Decoy-Patent Applied-No 21550”

Prize Sow and Piglets Treen 'Black Bess' Inscribed:English Naive School Watercolour on Paper in Original Gilt Frame Signed C Ives and Dated 1827 English c. 1827 12 high x 14 wide It is rare to find Prize Livestock pictures in watercolour rather than oils, but this delightful drawing, depicting a satisfied looking prize breeding sow with her piglets is a charming exception. Signed and dated, the Sow is standing four square outside her sty, with her red coated breeder looking on from the other side of a