An Early 20thC German School Oil on Canvas Painting of a Gentleman Dated to 1927 sub-Decorative Objects The patent stamp is very

The patent stamp is very difficult to decipher though we can see the word Walt so it’s likely this was a patented example

with suitors sometimes sending love letters with these badges affixed upon "because you made Goo-Goo eyes:

The first would have bore an extract of the Iris family or Iridaceae

suggests that such items were not actually that common and that it was highly valued

one with top lock

An Early 20thC German School Oil on Canvas Painting of a Gentleman Dated to 1927 sub-Decorative Objects The patent stamp is veryOrigin: German Period: Early 20thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1927 Height: 35. 5 Width: 29 The half length portrait of a middle aged German gentleman in contemplative mood and sensitively executed, the sitter shown as a studious man of thought, his head resting to his hand sitting in an armchair to a dark ground with red tones, the work presented unframed and indistinctly signed and dated to 1927 lower right. The picture remains in original though