19th C. Pennsylvania Watercolor on Laid Paper - Cornucopia and Flowers red cat The drawers

The drawers

claiming the lives of all on board

Large box measures 8 1/2" x 12" x 3 1/2" and is completely filled with them

And what could be better than a batch gathered on the Isle of Wight

but I believe this sort of rounded handle ruler would have been used by a draftsman or architect

19th C. Pennsylvania Watercolor on Laid Paper - Cornucopia and Flowers red cat The drawersA somewhat unusual one in my experience, which I know is 19th c. Pennsylvania, ink and watercolor on watermarked laid paper and clearly came out of a notebook. The forms of the flowers and vines and basket are certainly akin to fraktur watercolors, but I've not seen an example, including just in a notebook, so densely packed and precise but also sprawling. Perhaps a sketch for one segment in a larger piece to come, or just doodling. In any case, what