Eva Ferguson's Late 19th Century Drawing Book with Very Lovely and Precise Biology Drawings japanese school photo especially one that reflects its

especially one that reflects its maker taking advantage of the particularities of that particular rock

I believe this Chinese export flask-shaped porcelain tea caddy dates to the 18th century

6 5/8" t x 1 7/8" d

not just because I love seeing the handwriting

and was wired to illuminate

Eva Ferguson's Late 19th Century Drawing Book with Very Lovely and Precise Biology Drawings japanese school photo especially one that reflects itsThis is a lovely late 19th century notebook of drawings, done for biology class I presume, by a young Eva Ferguson was very very meticulous in her work! Sixteen pages of drawings, most with thin tissue paper separating them, detailing everything from the microbial structure of an amoeba, to the ray of a starfish in cross section, to a ruminant stomach (mammalian), to the exterior of a crustacean, to various leaf structures. All very precisely rendered