Bessie Slater's Beautiful 19th Century Ink and Watercolor Botany Chart: Stems, Appendages, Calices antique sewing machine parts case this old lovingly homemade three

this old lovingly homemade three post stacker is about as expressive as it gets

Sold as found with old masking tape around the borders and on the back

with each letter of each name carefully carved in capital letters against stippled grounds

but pretty great still even if you've mastered your multiplication tables

6 1/4" x 3 3/4" x 3/4"

Bessie Slater's Beautiful 19th Century Ink and Watercolor Botany Chart: Stems, Appendages, Calices antique sewing machine parts case this old lovingly homemade threeThis is one of a series of beautiful antique ink and watercolor charts listed today, all executed long ago by a Bessie Slater (I believe, signed on the back of one of them), for a botany class, I presume. Each one homes in on a different aspect or aspects this one detailing stems (scaly, hairy, etc), appendages (sheath, tendril, etc) and calices (imbricated, double calyx, etc with 30 different sorts described and carefully illustrated in watercolor.