Botanical Pencil Drawing by Hiram Campbell Merrill, 1909 souvenir paperweight eye-catching piece that that would

eye-catching piece that that would lend a lovely final touch to many an outfit

as well as along the rim of the interior

it is plenty large to be useful holding all sorts of things

but very good overall condition with a warm great patina

I love the shape of ginger jars generally

Botanical Pencil Drawing by Hiram Campbell Merrill, 1909 souvenir paperweight eye-catching piece that that wouldA listed artist, Hiram Campbell Merrill (1866 1958) was a Boston born painter and engraver, who in addition to pursuing his own art worked for Harpers magazine in New York. This drawing was made on a trip to Brittany in 1909, during which he made studies that provided material for many later paintings and engravings. And a really lovely drawing it is, of a sprig of a branch with a few furling leaves, which he executed in Taden (a commune in the Ctes