Galium Trifidum (Bedstraw) Plant Specimen from 1878 Herbarium oil on linen Another wonderful old painter /duster

Another wonderful old painter /duster brush

which would produce a whole line of military and fraternal swords

with an unused back

And it looks great stacked with a bunch of other boxes

I can't help but think of the pottery of Sophie Newcomb)

Galium Trifidum (Bedstraw) Plant Specimen from 1878 Herbarium oil on linen Another wonderful old painter /dusterI have a fantasy that one day at a flea market I'll uncover a beautiful antique herbarium that's been sitting in the bottom of a box for 150 years or so filled with page upon page of perfectly documented pressed and dried plant specimens. Alas, this has yet to happen, but I did recently find a seller with a nice bunch of them all by a N. N. Jones, and I just went back to her for a few more. This one is Galium trifidum, also known as three petal