Well Used (and a bit Turner-esque) Wooden Painter's Palette antique collection The male penguin overall in

The male penguin overall in fine shape and I think quite indestructible

1850s I believe and found in New England

though I have not seen one more wonderful than this

Larger measures 7 1/8" long x 2 3/8" widest x 7/8" deep

Well Used (and a bit Turner-esque) Wooden Painter's Palette antique collection The male penguin overall inIt's rare that I find an old painter's palette with a satisfying build up of paint on it these days that doesn't cost a fortune and more and more I seem to come across palettes that look to have been deliberately painted for decorative purposes (yikes!) But this is a good one, which looks to have been used for quite a substantial period of time by a real painter, with a surface that has been scraped down and built up numerous times over, looking to me