19th C. Pennsylvania Watercolor on Laid Paper - Cornucopia and Flowers pre-columbian It also feels rather as

It also feels rather as if those stacked sides were made to create a sort of protective armor around the coins stored inside

and I'd like to think that the slight tilt to the table here

and what appears to be a chipped-off edge in the round "floor" on which the water tank sits

though perhaps at least someone out there is still committed to writing with an ink pen and will put it to its intended use

perhaps done at the same time by three different members of a family or maybe more likely schoolmates

19th C. Pennsylvania Watercolor on Laid Paper - Cornucopia and Flowers pre-columbian It also feels rather asA somewhat unusual one in my experience, which I know is 19th c. Pennsylvania, ink and watercolor on watermarked laid paper and clearly came out of a notebook. The forms of the flowers and vines and basket are certainly akin to fraktur watercolors, but I've not seen an example, including just in a notebook, so densely packed and precise but also sprawling. Perhaps a sketch for one segment in a larger piece to come, or just doodling. In any case, what