Tiarella Cordifolia (Foamflower) Plant Specimen from 1879 Herbarium ww1 history I am not certain whether

I am not certain whether he was made in Alaska or Canada

While the tile shows its age in the form of scratches to the surface revealing the red clay below the glaze

box measures 3 1/4" x 4 3/8" x 1 3/8"

The dealer I purchased it from referred to it as an onion box

While I didn't know it when I bought it--though I was pretty sure it was something special--I've learned that this gorgeous

Tiarella Cordifolia (Foamflower) Plant Specimen from 1879 Herbarium ww1 history I am not certain whetherI 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 this and one other (listed separately) herbarium pages, I'd guess removed from a larger volume. This one is Tiarella Cordifolio (or foamflower), a flowering