Champion Quince, Hand Stenciled Page From c. 1868 Nursery Specimens Salesman Sample Catalog antique grain painting combs who much has been both

who much has been both serious about cards and a great deal of fun to play with

I don't think these are very old

An lip of grout around edges as pictured

Certainly its maker took quite a lot of care

Champion Quince, Hand Stenciled Page From c. 1868 Nursery Specimens Salesman Sample Catalog antique grain painting combs who much has been bothA radiant Champion Quince, glowing like sunshine. I've handled a few examples (of apples and peaches and pears) of this type before this would have been one page in a salesman sample type horticultural specimen catalogue (unbound, but held together in a large folio case). This is not a lithograph rather, the quince here was rendered in a manner akin to a theorem watercolor, using multiple, hand cut stencils and meticulously applied layers of