Charming Group of 19th C. Schoolgirl Watercolors of Fruits - Sold as a Set pretty brush The post is black-painted wood

The post is black-painted wood with a slit running most of its length into which the metal flag is inserted

dipped in white slip and then hand-painted--ivery much n the manner of the work of famous father and son Mexican folk artists Aurelio and Francisco Flores from Izúcar de Matamoros

with flowers and branches set against a recessed gridded geometric pattern

but the mounts are still super functional should one to slip some new lists into them

angular nose and pronounced philtrum terminating in a tightly pursed mouth

Charming Group of 19th C. Schoolgirl Watercolors of Fruits - Sold as a Set pretty brush The post is black-painted woodI'd love to see these wonderful little watercolors hanging near a bowl of stonefruit versions of the same (though the cucumber, perhaps the most charming of all, might be a bit of a challenge to match!) Certainly all done by the same person, who signed one of the plums it looks to read "Painted by __ (?) E. Bailey" with the first name perhaps being Kate, which of course makes me like these all the more:) A few feature what appears to be crayon in