Mid 19th Century Watercolor and Gouache Pink Roses, From Sister to Brother glazed ceramic lidded metal sandwich canister

lidded metal sandwich canister

In my dream home

and all the better it be a Scandanavian forest landscape

Rosey pink on the inside

Drawn in black ink (now kind of sepia toned) on an almost vellum-like paper (used by architects in the 19th c

Mid 19th Century Watercolor and Gouache Pink Roses, From Sister to Brother glazed ceramic lidded metal sandwich canisterVery frequently, I find one thing in a particular genre that becomes a gateway the seeking more of the same! One example of late are antique friendship paintings of flowers: a wonderful study of variations on a theme, and what a lovely thing for a friend or sibling to give to another, in this case a sister to her brother, I believe in either 1841 or 1847 (it appears to be dated at lower right, following the inscription from the "affectionate sister"