Yellow Water Lily, British 1884 Watercolor with Botanical Notes by Elsie M. Dudley round sides but it is in overall

but it is in overall very good condition and quite a remarkable object

welding on the iron legs

with some aging to the paper

with big black painted pupils

I first picked up this box (on a recent real-world antiquing exhibition) just for its lovely exterior

Yellow Water Lily, British 1884 Watercolor with Botanical Notes by Elsie M. Dudley round sides but it is in overallIf there were ever a botanical watercolor that would make a perfectly complement to a collection of Arts and Crafts pottery, this I believe would be it! I purchased it from a British seller, from a portfolio of a series of botanical studies by an Elsie (Eliza) M. Dudley, the future wife or artist Thomas Campbell Bennett (1858 1948), an ancestor of the Chancellor to Queen Elizabeth I. It is accompanied by botanical notes about the Yellow Water Lily,