1848 Pennsylvania Folk Art Roses on Vine Scrapbook Page Watercolor napier Some scuffs to the white

Some scuffs to the white paint here and there

such an exquisite thing I think

I've looked at a fair number of hand-sewn Humpty Dumpties

and making me wonder if perhaps this embroidery paid homage to the loss of a beloved pet

and spices in the kitchen

1848 Pennsylvania Folk Art Roses on Vine Scrapbook Page Watercolor napier Some scuffs to the whiteI find this Fraktur type watercolor an extremely lovely thing, with its pale pink roses looking a bit like puffs of popcorn amid this graceful and profuse sprawl of green leaves and thorns and buds. Made all the better by the E. B. V monogram at the base of the stem, rendered in graphite against a pale yellow banner, with little stars between each letter. The page clearly came from E. B. V's scrapbook, with a handwritten poem (Remembrance) dated 1848,