Five Seashells, 19th Century Watercolor on Wove, Signed (Right Corner Loss) abstract sculpture with services to held at

with services to held at the home of her father

The signature at bottom left on this wonderful watercolor is near impossible to read

as if scratching messages in the dirt

all original with a nice dry wood patina

I found a school girl watercolor of two birds on a branch clearly based on the birds printed here--likely a certificate like this one hung in the home of the child who did it

Five Seashells, 19th Century Watercolor on Wove, Signed (Right Corner Loss) abstract sculpture with services to held atThere is a loss to the page here at upper right, but nothing of the charming watercolor itself was lost in the process; setting it atop a nearly matching piece of paper it pretty much falls away, and I'll send this close match along with it. It is an old one, signed in ink at lower right, c. mid 3rd quarter 19th century I believe. Very strong color and bold black, and feels very much as if veering toward abstraction. I love the attention to the