SOLD Charming and Unusual Earlier 19th Century Watercolor and Cut Paper Pineapple in Presumed Original Frame pottery bowls The box is in very

The box is in very good vintage condition

Beautiful and very sculptural all the way around

Box: 6 1/8 x 4 1/2 x 2 7/16”

And poignant

Paper lace communion cards/holy cards were fairly common in the mid to later 19th century

SOLD Charming and Unusual Earlier 19th Century Watercolor and Cut Paper Pineapple in Presumed Original Frame pottery bowls The box is in veryOne of my favorite Brimfield finds, this really delights me, including for being quite unusual as far as I've ever seen, part watercolor and part paper cut. And what better way to represent the lattice like skin of a pineapple than this??! In this country the pineapple, accessible only via import from the Caribbean, became a symbol of wealth and hospitality during colonial times apparently, wealthy colonists and plantation owners would rent pineapples