Brassica campestris (Wild turnip), Plant Specimen from 1879 Herbarium arts and crafts vase 8 1/2" long x 3"

8 1/2" long x 3" widest x 1 1/8" deep

This small carving is made of ancient fossilized brain coral (Symphillia

with scuffs and small dings all over that just make it better

with several little portraits of "girl" combined with "man"

Near the lip on one side is the original Arabia sticker

Brassica campestris (Wild turnip), Plant Specimen from 1879 Herbarium arts and crafts vase 8 1/2" long x 3"I have a fantasy that one day at a flea market I'll uncover a beautiful antique herbarium that's been sitting in the bottom of a box for 150 years or so filled with page upon page of perfectly documented pressed and dried plant specimens. Alas, this has yet to happen, but I did recently find a seller with a nice bunch of them all by a N. N. Jones, and I just went back to her for a few more. This one is Brassica campestris, also known as Wild Turnip.