Thine True Love Only, 19th C. Theorem Watercolor Forget Me Not flower sculpture This one no longer locks

This one no longer locks

When I found them

This is one of two small drawings I purchased together

Found in Pennsylvania and with a nice weight and fair amount of age on it I believe

quite lovely

Thine True Love Only, 19th C. Theorem Watercolor Forget Me Not flower sculpture This one no longer locksIn my book, it's always time for a valentine or love token, and what a lovely one is this, announcing the giver as "Thine True Love Only" no small thing! The text appears to have been stamped or block printed, the rest done in watercolor and ink by hand (using hand cut stencils, which is how theorems were made, and, I recently learned, the paint was often blown onto the paper via a glass tube, like a straw.) Especially great here I think is the smoke