Stone Fruit Ripe Pear and Ripening Plum with Great Color - Sold Individually medium soft pencils with the sullen subject reluctantly

with the sullen subject reluctantly sitting for the portrait

7" long x 1 7/8" in diameter

They've definitely been around and show a few small chips here and then

Scuffs and scattered stains

by French astronomer Warren de la Rue during the total solar eclipse in 1860--and how beautiful they are

Stone Fruit Ripe Pear and Ripening Plum with Great Color - Sold Individually medium soft pencils with the sullen subject reluctantlyThe more I look, the more I've become certain that I'm not going to tire of old stone fruit any time soon, and I've become quite a keen inspector of pieces, looking (in person) at many dozens of specimens to pick out a few choice fruits! (There is a big difference between carefully carved and hand painted old ones and less subtle newer examples where you can see color was sprayed on.) So here are two just found in Maine that more than pass muster a