Chaloi Leonty Oil on Paper Winter Landscape Painting, 1970 horse drawing Because it is copper and

Because it is copper and features one smaller and one larger compartment inside

or just add a pop of cuteness here and there

" (In 1929 the company outfitted Charles Lindberg for his  his historic flight across the Atlantic Ocean

Made in West Germany (there is a stamp on the underside of the base)

Chaloi Leonty Oil on Paper Winter Landscape Painting, 1970 horse drawing Because it is copper andI've gone back to the same dealer in Russia three times now to purchase paintings by Chaloi Leonty, whose estate the dealer handles; I just think he was a really good landscape painter, and Russian prices are pretty good! The other two I've just listed, featuring sea views, are not what I imagine when I think of Russia, but this wintery landscape most certainly is though it reminds me a bit of long winters in the Purple Mountains of Western Mass, too!