Mid 19th Century Watercolor and Gouache Pink Roses, From Sister to Brother hunting cup Sold individually

Sold individually

with royalty and high-ranking officials considering it fashionable to wear carved fruit pit accessories

maybe even greater here with the other boxer out of the picture

and I would use them from morning to night (coffee to tea to wine to toddy)

Louise Chaudron

Mid 19th Century Watercolor and Gouache Pink Roses, From Sister to Brother hunting cup Sold individuallyVery frequently, I find one thing in a particular genre that becomes a gateway the seeking more of the same! One example of late are antique friendship paintings of flowers: a wonderful study of variations on a theme, and what a lovely thing for a friend or sibling to give to another, in this case a sister to her brother, I believe in either 1841 or 1847 (it appears to be dated at lower right, following the inscription from the "affectionate sister"