Charming Group of 19th C. Schoolgirl Watercolors of Fruits - Sold as a Set pretty brush Framed with a gray mat

Framed with a gray mat and simple black frame strung with wire on the back from hanging

The post is black-painted wood with a slit running most of its length into which the metal flag is inserted

I might guess this was was painted along the coast on the Black Sea

Cotton in fraktur writing

I might guess there is some social/political commentary going on here too

Charming Group of 19th C. Schoolgirl Watercolors of Fruits - Sold as a Set pretty brush Framed with a gray matI'd love to see these wonderful little watercolors hanging near a bowl of stonefruit versions of the same (though the cucumber, perhaps the most charming of all, might be a bit of a challenge to match!) Certainly all done by the same person, who signed one of the plums it looks to read "Painted by __ (?) E. Bailey" with the first name perhaps being Kate, which of course makes me like these all the more:) A few feature what appears to be crayon in