Very Lovely 1866 Naive Watercolor Flowers with Decorated Border on Laid animal blocks with a bit of loss

with a bit of loss along the top edge of the shell

Made it in Africa I believe and probably at least a few decades old

(1747-1822)--famous German publisher

The blonde spoon has a bit of a larger chip in the wood along the edge and shows a bit more wear to the wood

with pen in hand

Very Lovely 1866 Naive Watercolor Flowers with Decorated Border on Laid animal blocks with a bit of lossJust my sort of watercolor, very naive, very charming, and to my eye just transcendently lovely. With what appear to be three different sorts of blooms emanating from the roundish pink form near center the one at top right seeming to me a bit like a bird or a bee seeking nectar! And with two perimeters of hatch marks creating a frame around it, in a manner similar to early handmade rewards of merit, which perhaps it was made to be. On reverse: Sue