Mid 19th C. Apothecary Bottle with Luisa Wells' Hand-drawn Bird and Note tabletop furniture paintbrush and palette in hand

paintbrush and palette in hand

but the kindly looking donkey upon which he is perched seems much more interested in his little dog friend than in turning around to help

which would fall in to the genre of a a transformation carving

and I think quite lovely in their simplicity

) And I believe it is a pretty old carving

Mid 19th C. Apothecary Bottle with Luisa Wells' Hand-drawn Bird and Note tabletop furniture paintbrush and palette in handI am perpetually in search of drawings like this bird, and all the better that this one was drawn then affixed to this French apothecary bottle. It is signed by a Luisa Wells, with a handwritten note above that is a bit hard to read, but appears to be addressed to a Master Gaines White (or similar), who Luisa writes "is a fine scholar and learns well." And so I believe Luisa was likely Master Gaines' tutor, and that she likely travelled to France, and