Towserine's Collar and Leon's Trunk, Evocative Pair of Old Found Keys antique watercolor kit but a black skunk does

but a black skunk does seem suited for dirty work

The dealer I purchased this page from described them as swatches of petticoat lace

In her bonnet and wide collar and with a determined look one her face

It was done in the 1880s

from the Fournalez Pharmacy in Brassac

Towserine's Collar and Leon's Trunk, Evocative Pair of Old Found Keys antique watercolor kit but a black skunk doesThese two I found together rummaging deep through a old box of interesting "junk" at Brimfield just my sorts of things, and together I think they should stay. Towser is a traditional name for a large or scrappy dog, deriving from the verb touse (meaning to pull about or handle roughly) here one has to think adapted for a female dog with the "ine" underlined, as if there were also a Towser in the family, who had its own collar key attached to a