Mid 19th C. Apothecary Bottle with Luisa Wells' Hand-drawn Bird and Note tabletop furniture 7 3/16" l x 6"

7 3/16" l x 6" t x 1 1/4" w

satisfying on all sorts of levels

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

paintbrush and palette in hand

Very good vintage condition--I'd guess it dates from the 1930s or 40s--with a nice warm patina

Mid 19th C. Apothecary Bottle with Luisa Wells' Hand-drawn Bird and Note tabletop furniture 7 3/16" l x 6"I 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