Late 1830s Naive British Ink and Watercolor: The Wild Persian Mare fine Japanese lacquer box but it is double layered

but it is double layered on the top so it does not show there

but a lovely antique tea ball like this one makes a very strong argument for switching to afternoon tea

at this moment ready to head out for a long walk (or maybe just to go fetch the newspaper from the driveway

forever in wait of soles

with some smudging/discoloration to the paper

Late 1830s Naive British Ink and Watercolor: The Wild Persian Mare fine Japanese lacquer box but it is double layeredThis marvelous watercolor of "the Wild Persian Mare" is one of a group I purchased from a seller in England, which had previously been bound together as a booklet, and which I am listing individually. Like this mare, each depicts a working animal in a very iconic and really quite regal manner to my eye just about as good as it gets. The odd watercolor in the group, portraying Dick Turpin and The Brothers' Gibbet at Gonerby, was made after a famous