Laura's Rose, 19th C. Naive Graphite Drawing on Lined Paper bert in addition to several iterations

in addition to several iterations of W

black laquered paper mâché (such as that one finds antique snuff boxes made of) surface

sometimes set into the handle of a gun

Froebel's Kindergarten used play as its engine and his Spielgaben ("play gifts") were the fuel

and I'd think more likely sometime late-ish 1910s-20s

Laura's Rose, 19th C. Naive Graphite Drawing on Lined Paper bert in addition to several iterationsThe Laura who signed this above the lower border does have a last name, but she wrote it with so many flourishes I find it very hard to read! She clearly liked her flourishes, seemingly adding them wherever she could, but I think she got the rose really right, with a nice wildness to the leaves furling in every direction, and a feeling of this rose as a very living thing, as if swarming with bumblebees! 8 1 8 x 5, overall good condition, with some