19th C Large Scrapbook Page Composition with Very Fine Botanical Watercolor at Center model steamship Part I is devoted to

Part I is devoted to writing and illuminating

plus very gestural white whiskers and intensively painted spots all over

3 1/16" t x 1/2" wide with arms and legs down

The exterior surface is carved with a grid of nine squares on each side

1 3/4" t x 1 1/8" in diameter

19th C Large Scrapbook Page Composition with Very Fine Botanical Watercolor at Center model steamship Part I is devoted toI've used a magnifier to confirm that the flowers at the center of this scrapbook page are indeed done in watercolor so finely it is quite difficult to imagine how, but so it is glorious! That panel certainly deserves to be at the center, but there are delights everywhere here, with collaged images and clippings and very carefully handwritten text all carefully arranged and commenting on one another. I especially like the "bottle imp" at lower left.