1848 Pennsylvania Folk Art Roses on Vine Scrapbook Page Watercolor napier The overview photo gives a

The overview photo gives a pretty good sense of color I think

powder-lacquered black steel

such an exquisite thing I think

When I look at this charming old whimsey rattle

1848 Pennsylvania Folk Art Roses on Vine Scrapbook Page Watercolor napier The overview photo gives aI find this Fraktur type watercolor an extremely lovely thing, with its pale pink roses looking a bit like puffs of popcorn amid this graceful and profuse sprawl of green leaves and thorns and buds. Made all the better by the E. B. V monogram at the base of the stem, rendered in graphite against a pale yellow banner, with little stars between each letter. The page clearly came from E. B. V's scrapbook, with a handwritten poem (Remembrance) dated 1848,