Bessie Slater's Beautiful 19th Century Ink and Watercolor Botany Chart: Stems, Appendages, Calices antique sewing machine parts case It was acquired by Shermin

It was acquired by Shermin Williams in 1929

and then a small batch of clear of colorful cocktails at happy hour

with each letter of each name carefully carved in capital letters against stippled grounds

with the birds almost disappearing amid the filagree of leaves--a happy discovery

6 1/4" x 3 3/4" x 3/4"

Bessie Slater's Beautiful 19th Century Ink and Watercolor Botany Chart: Stems, Appendages, Calices antique sewing machine parts case It was acquired by SherminThis is one of a series of beautiful antique ink and watercolor charts listed today, all executed long ago by a Bessie Slater (I believe, signed on the back of one of them), for a botany class, I presume. Each one homes in on a different aspect or aspects this one detailing stems (scaly, hairy, etc), appendages (sheath, tendril, etc) and calices (imbricated, double calyx, etc with 30 different sorts described and carefully illustrated in watercolor.