1848 Pennsylvania Folk Art Roses on Vine Scrapbook Page Watercolor napier Signed on the bottom in

Signed on the bottom in Inuktitut with a disc number

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

and spices in the kitchen

When I look at this charming old whimsey rattle

1848 Pennsylvania Folk Art Roses on Vine Scrapbook Page Watercolor napier Signed on the bottom inI 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,