1848 Pennsylvania Folk Art Roses on Vine Scrapbook Page Watercolor wounded lion mostly just light scratching to

mostly just light scratching to surfaces

and this long neck framed by old splits running down the sides

which feels a little bit Etruscan and a little bit Scandinavian

The double faced jug measures 4" tall x 3 3/4" across with handle

and do think would be really beautiful framed and hung together in a grouping (with the only challenge being which side of each to show

1848 Pennsylvania Folk Art Roses on Vine Scrapbook Page Watercolor wounded lion mostly just light scratching toI find this Fraktur type watercolor an extremely lovely thing, with its pale pink roses looking a bit like puffs of popcorn amid this graceful and profuse sprawl of green leaves and thorns and buds. Made all the better by the E. B. V monogram at the base of the stem, rendered in graphite against a pale yellow banner, with little stars between each letter. The page clearly came from E. B. V's scrapbook, with a handwritten poem (Remembrance) dated 1848,