Five Seashells, 19th Century Watercolor on Wove, Signed (Right Corner Loss) industrial porcelain glove mold which I like)

which I like)

I think really nothing beats the color of opaque watercolors used for manuscript paintings like this

like a poet--or perhaps a therapist

alligatoring on the larger

Five Seashells, 19th Century Watercolor on Wove, Signed (Right Corner Loss) industrial porcelain glove mold which I like)There 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