Bluebirds Over Heart Inside Garland, 19th C. Watercolor with Embossed Gold Foil Diecuts wood block when they were used to

when they were used to shape arrow shafts--occupy a space between chisels and planes

and a black stripe down the back--perfectly complemented by the silver-gray of the angular tin fins

This complete double six set of 28 I believe date from the 1880s are so

It came from the collection of artist Richard Fleischner

especially as the car itself sits atop the backdrop

Bluebirds Over Heart Inside Garland, 19th C. Watercolor with Embossed Gold Foil Diecuts wood block when they were used toA lovely, happy thing, surely made as a token of love or friendship, with this pair of crossed bluebirds over blue heart suggesting a very "true blue" bond. And then an embossed foil die cut that looks to me like a boy pouring oil into a lantern, so, one presumes, to keep the flame forever burning. And a harp and horns, too! All wrapped up in a watercolored flowering garland. True love forever, so nice. Framed, as found, in a period frame. 3rd quarter