Antique Frontier Scene (?) Watercolor in Period Gilded Frame mcm puzzle very stable and not fragile

very stable and not fragile and I think quite an interesting

leaving the woman and her charming

19"x19" inches

hand-painted in underglaze blue with stylised flowerheads at their centers and loop and dot borders

It appears there may have been a repair near the top of the handle long ago

Antique Frontier Scene (?) Watercolor in Period Gilded Frame mcm puzzle very stable and not fragileI'm not entirely certain what is going on in this evocative little watercolor, but I really really love it, with its big dark sky enveloping what looks like a western frontier structure to me, and cowboy looking figures standing next to what I assume is a fire. Considered together with the deer watercolor surely by the same artist, which I just listed, my guess might be that these were done as first hand sketches out west, late 19th century or so,