Lovely 19th C. Crossing Rose and Tulip Watercolor ocarina love letters

love letters

a side-wheel paddle steamer built in 1890

If I didn't know better

The lacquer on the interior of the box is in very good shape

Lovely 19th C. Crossing Rose and Tulip Watercolor ocarina love lettersI am finding it hard to resist antique floral watercolors these days perhaps in part for knowing that the loveliness of spring blooms exploding everywhere at the moment will soon be gone, and indeed these paintings always feel a bit like momento mori. And the white of the rose and rose buds on this one are so pale as to almost disappear against the cream colored paper, making it feel perhaps all the more so. But the crossing of the two blooms and