"The Enigmatical Dessert", 19th C. Ink and Watercolor Riddle with Solution on Reverse antique drawings of architecture I love this little girl

I love this little girl

And it does feel like there was a whole lot of love as well as considerable skill invested in this one

8 1/4" x 5 3/4" with flaps closed (just drawing showing

and they appear made of lead to me

"The Enigmatical Dessert", 19th C. Ink and Watercolor Riddle with Solution on Reverse antique drawings of architecture I love this little girlThis is an unsual one, and a beautiful one, and a fun one from the days when riddles were high entertainment, including among high society. All done by hand those green wreaths were very finely watercolored, and all the text is black ink it is titled " The Enigmatical Desert [sic] or Fruits," dedicated at the bottom "to Young Housekeepers", with the text inside each wreath posing a riddle, the solution to which is the name of a fruit, revealed on the