Scroll and Crown Flower; Roses and Poem: Double-sided 1848 Theorem Watercolor handmade flag with a great flip side

with a great flip side too

which suggests he or she was pretty proud of it

5" long x 1 3/4" wide and deep

but I find this late 19th/early 20th c cast iron horseshoe trivet with "my boy" sitting atop his white painted chamber pot pretty endearing

This carving came from an old estate in Damariscotta

Scroll and Crown Flower; Roses and Poem: Double-sided 1848 Theorem Watercolor handmade flag with a great flip sideI could look at early theorem watercolors like this all day, so lush and radiant, with the combination of greens on the leaves here just electric! Those red blooms are pretty electric, too, identified as "Crown flower" below. I like the blankness of the scroll here, as if in perpetual wait for the right words. But then on reverse, a rose with another scroll and a poem too, describing the summer breathing, roses blooming, sunbeams playing, and the