Five Seashells, 19th Century Watercolor on Wove, Signed (Right Corner Loss) abstract sculpture rather elegant creature to add

rather elegant creature to add to shelves filled with studio pottery or mid-c design objects I think

I could not leave it behind

I found a school girl watercolor of two birds on a branch clearly based on the birds printed here--likely a certificate like this one hung in the home of the child who did it

So much life and immediacy in the pair of them

all original with a nice dry wood patina

Five Seashells, 19th Century Watercolor on Wove, Signed (Right Corner Loss) abstract sculpture rather elegant creature to addThere is a loss to the page here at upper right, but nothing of the charming watercolor itself was lost in the process; setting it atop a nearly matching piece of paper it pretty much falls away, and I'll send this close match along with it. It is an old one, signed in ink at lower right, c. mid 3rd quarter 19th century I believe. Very strong color and bold black, and feels very much as if veering toward abstraction. I love the attention to the