Currier & Ives Fruit Vase Hand-Colored Lithograph, 1870

An antique Currier & Ives hand-colored lithograph titled Fruit Vase, published in New York in 1870. The richly detailed still life centers on an ornate neoclassical compote overflowing with grapes, pears, peaches, and other fruit, rendered in a beautifully restrained palette of blue, green, cream, and warm ochre. The original printed publisher line identifies Currier & Ives at 152 Nassau Street, New York, and records the 1870 copyright date. Presented in a substantial wood frame with gilt inner molding. The paper shows expected 19th-century toning, rippling, scattered staining, and an area of loss or abrasion at the upper right; the frame shows age-related wear.