1848 Pennsylvania Folk Art Roses on Vine Scrapbook Page Watercolor wounded lion The double faced jug measures

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

Plenty of toning

which feels a little bit Etruscan and a little bit Scandinavian

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

medium pair 5/16" cubed

1848 Pennsylvania Folk Art Roses on Vine Scrapbook Page Watercolor wounded lion The double faced jug measuresI 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,