Mattie and Ollie's Watercolor Butterflies, 1881 tin cup it covers alphabetical and numeral

it covers alphabetical and numeral flags

and attach a new one

but best would probably be to mount it to a backing sheet and then get it in a frame

but there are a lot out there and so they have to be pretty special for me to pick them up

Mattie and Ollie's Watercolor Butterflies, 1881 tin cup it covers alphabetical and numeralI believe this watercolor likely came out of a Victorian friendship book and what a wonderful articulation of friendship to have one butterfly painted by Mattie, age 11, and one by Ollie, 9, fluttering happily together since 1881. Sweet and lovely. 7 1 8" x 4", very good antique condition.