Lovely 19th C. Crossing Rose and Tulip Watercolor Moakley vase making it easy to get

making it easy to get at whatever is stored inside

and thought these two a perfect match

and will pull all the way out to start to deconstruct it

as they were meant to be

with only very very minor staining and a few very tiny holes

Lovely 19th C. Crossing Rose and Tulip Watercolor Moakley vase making it easy to getI am finding it hard to resist antique floral watercolors these days perhaps in part for knowing that the loveliness of spring blooms exploding everywhere at the moment will soon be gone, and indeed these paintings always feel a bit like momento mori. And the white of the rose and rose buds on this one are so pale as to almost disappear against the cream colored paper, making it feel perhaps all the more so. But the crossing of the two blooms and