Nonpareil, Old Birdlover's Watercolor eye These were once owned by

These were once owned by Harvard University (the Museum of Comparative Zoology specifically) and held short published essays inside

or use the loops on the back (made for strapping to a belt) to hang it on the wall in the kitchen or bathroom filled with matches or bandaids or little objects or whatever

with tapering end

I know based on a few other little watercolors I purchased along with it that it was done by a school girl in the 1800s

Nonpareil, Old Birdlover's Watercolor eye These were once owned byA few more this week from a larger set of wonderful old naive watercolors birds, done by someone long ago who clearly loved their birds. With carefully handwritten in capital letters attributions on each that I think makes them extra good and the Nonpareil self evidently the best of all! Charming. 7" x 5" and in very good condition.