Merganser Drake Vintage Folk Art Painting on Wood by Hugh F. Jope brutalist chair seeming to make the argument

seeming to make the argument for ale as the essential stuff of life

with it's handle made from the casing of a 50 caliber FA 1932 bullet

but based on others I have found is original to this set

but it really has a marvelous object hood as a book

was finished with a hardened varnish or shellac and bears a great rich patina

Merganser Drake Vintage Folk Art Painting on Wood by Hugh F. Jope brutalist chair seeming to make the argumentI love a Merganser, with its long bill and dark green crest, and really love this painting, folky but proud, and with the terrific flat teal blue ground making this drake feel pretty iconic. A quick search found the Hugh F. Jobe who painted it, a WWII veteran of Haverhill, MA, 1923 2002. Though I have found no other examples of the work, the fact that he painted the back of this one to say "oil paint no frame" makes me think he surely made and sold