Charming C. 1930s Herbarium, 20 Specimens Preserved Under Wraps with Handwritten Descriptions handmade valentines Signed (incised) on the base

Signed (incised) on the base

Visible image size: 8 3/4" x 6"

including  some lovely blue-green iridescence around head

and wonderfully inventive I think

Charming C. 1930s Herbarium, 20 Specimens Preserved Under Wraps with Handwritten Descriptions handmade valentines Signed (incised) on the baseThere are much more stunningly beautiful, much earlier herbarium out there, but I really love this one, with the collected botanical specimens preserved under film with celluloid tape around their borders, which has both kept them very well protected and makes the whole thing feel particularly time capsule esque. Twenty specimens here by my count, and some great ones among them, including a Jack in the Pulpit, which I at least have always thought