Finely Done Antique Flower Specimen Watercolor: Tulip Tree Blossom handmade antique box Some paint loss and scrapes

Some paint loss and scrapes as pictured

and is the perfect little pocket-sized book to take camping or keep in the car or backpack

as well as a series of candle snuffers of a similar form to this

I purchased this painting from a seller in Connecticut

Finely Done Antique Flower Specimen Watercolor: Tulip Tree Blossom handmade antique box Some paint loss and scrapesThis is one of several charming, finely executed watercolors of floral specimens I am listing by a May Elizabeth Green very delicately done, as they were meant to be, this one documenting a tulip tree blossom. Feels as fresh as if painted yesterday, and feels like spring! 8" x 5 1 8" and in excellent condition. Late 19th century I believe. At upper left in pencil at some point was written "school girls art by May Elizabeth Green", which could easily