"The Enigmatical Dessert", 19th C. Ink and Watercolor Riddle with Solution on Reverse Mexican ceramic and certainly the most haunting

and certainly the most haunting

all done freehand

It certainly appears that this one was done by the same person

I love the streamlined form of it

"The Enigmatical Dessert", 19th C. Ink and Watercolor Riddle with Solution on Reverse Mexican ceramic and certainly the most hauntingThis is an unsual one, and a beautiful one, and a fun one from the days when riddles were high entertainment, including among high society. All done by hand those green wreaths were very finely watercolored, and all the text is black ink it is titled " The Enigmatical Desert [sic] or Fruits," dedicated at the bottom "to Young Housekeepers", with the text inside each wreath posing a riddle, the solution to which is the name of a fruit, revealed on the