In addition to the wonderful paintings of the animals themselves
and even better with a fruit tree blooming between them to give the beauty of their plumage a run for its money--and to bring their significance as symbols of beauty
but I'd rather imagine it was a place to stash valentines
When I purchased this piece
perhaps next to where one hangs the keys
Wealthy Apple, c. 1868 Hand-stenciled Watercolor Illustration from Horticultural Salesman Sample Catalog antique cat toy In addition to the wonderfulHere a Wealthy apple, and an Alexander peach, listed separately today too I don't find these often, but recently came across a handful, and I just think they're gorgeous. This would have been one page in a salesman sample type horticultural specimen catalogue (unbound, but held together in a folio I believe). It is not a lithograph rather, the apple and leaves here were rendered in a manner akin to a theorem watercolor, using multiple, hand cut