describing the process of carving it and even more so implying the itch that is scratched by striking a match and lighting whatever one might light with it
One the plans there is tiny printed text on one side and hand-written (in pencil) text on the opposite side
with the banded areas revealing unglazed clay decorated with geometric patterns in black and blue and red circles
with at least one character casting a side eye directly out at the viewer
The Observer’s Books were a British series published by the Frederick Warne & Co from 1937 to 2003 covering a large spectrum of topics
Two Birds, Pennsylvania German Schoolgirl Fraktur Watercolor towel pewter shell game describing the process of carvingNo great surprise that I had to go to Pennsylvania to find this one and I felt like I lucked into it, after several days of seeing schoolgirl fraktur watercolors like this priced through the roof. To my eye, a perfect thing, done by a young Edna, mid 19th c. I believe, who signed the paper on reverse, and painted a backward E at upper left. Framed: 7 1 4" x 5 7 8". Paper size: 6 1 4" x 5". All in very good antique condition. I placed the watercolor in