Bellflowers, Lovely 1872 Floral Watercolor Signed Marian Marcelin antique neck brush guarding the gate

guarding the gate

I purchased these two chairs and table together with two more chairs

This may be my very favorite sort of find: a resourceful solution to a very specific problem

one arm of the young man wrapped around the shoulder of the other while extending his other to push out the window

but now seemed the moment to share it

Bellflowers, Lovely 1872 Floral Watercolor Signed Marian Marcelin antique neck brush guarding the gateI will never tire of antique folk art watercolors of flowers largely painted by women and a lot about close looking, and as was explicitly noted on another watercolor by this same Marian Marcelin that I listed last week, of an iris she "raised herself," these often seem to me to embody several points of pride at once. And I think this is a lovely example, bellflowers I believe. Signed on reverse and dated 1872. 8 3 8" x 5 3 4" and in excellent antique