Lavender Petals, Ochre Stem, Wonderful 19th C. Pennsylvania Schoolgirl Watercolor multiplication dial housed in their original box

housed in their original box

showing the white backside

and a painting

all in the original box

with the name of its maker

Lavender Petals, Ochre Stem, Wonderful 19th C. Pennsylvania Schoolgirl Watercolor multiplication dial housed in their original boxOf all the things found in the last two weeks, this one feels to me the dearest at the moment. 19th century, likely done by a school girl, probably in Pennsylvania, watercolor on lined paper. A flower that also looks like a figure wearing a skirt, with ochre leaves looking both like pears and like boxing gloves, and a pointed end, roots, like a carrot, or a blade, or a ballerina on point. Looks a bit like an ice cream cone too. Layers of life and