Champion Grapes, 19th C. Watercolor Theorem with Printed Text wire figures and anything that requires decoding--and

and anything that requires decoding--and the symbols interspersed here are pure delight

And then a hole at the center of the lid for pulling through the string that it would have held inside

where damage from earthquakes is quite a rare event

7 7/8" in diameter x 4 7/8" tall

Champion Grapes, 19th C. Watercolor Theorem with Printed Text wire figures and anything that requires decoding--andA lush looking bunch of grapes if I ever saw one. This is one of three later 19th c. theorem style watercolors of fruit I've just listed, found together in New Hampshire. I've bought and sold a number of watercolors of specific fruit specimens done in this manner looking almost like airbrush paintings (and indeed these were likely done by blowing the color with a glass straw, then hand painting the details.) With printed text identifying the specimens