Charming Group of 19th C. Schoolgirl Watercolors of Fruits - Sold as a Set pretty brush Cotton in fraktur writing

Cotton in fraktur writing

dipped in white slip and then hand-painted--ivery much n the manner of the work of famous father and son Mexican folk artists Aurelio and Francisco Flores from Izúcar de Matamoros

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

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

angular nose and pronounced philtrum terminating in a tightly pursed mouth

Charming Group of 19th C. Schoolgirl Watercolors of Fruits - Sold as a Set pretty brush Cotton in fraktur writingI'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