Bluebirds Over Heart Inside Garland, 19th C. Watercolor with Embossed Gold Foil Diecuts wood block when they were used to

when they were used to shape arrow shafts--occupy a space between chisels and planes

Giraffe measures 2 7/8" t x 2 7/8" l

It came from the collection of artist Richard Fleischner

and a black stripe down the back--perfectly complemented by the silver-gray of the angular tin fins

Bluebirds Over Heart Inside Garland, 19th C. Watercolor with Embossed Gold Foil Diecuts wood block when they were used toA lovely, happy thing, surely made as a token of love or friendship, with this pair of crossed bluebirds over blue heart suggesting a very "true blue" bond. And then an embossed foil die cut that looks to me like a boy pouring oil into a lantern, so, one presumes, to keep the flame forever burning. And a harp and horns, too! All wrapped up in a watercolored flowering garland. True love forever, so nice. Framed, as found, in a period frame. 3rd quarter