Antique American Geometric Ink and Crayon Drawing Signed W.H. Voorhees carved stone boot or really anywhere at all

or really anywhere at all

first birds and then "the human condition in all its moods and shapes" as described by Lyle Elder

and which I'd definitely think of more as a sculpture than a vase

poppy lark-spur and the like are accompanied by notes like "The insertion of the stamens into the calyx is a certain proof that the fruit produced by the flower containing them is good and wholesome

with a nice patina on both and the wood of the handles super smooth

Antique American Geometric Ink and Crayon Drawing Signed W.H. Voorhees carved stone boot or really anywhere at allTo my eye this drawing is just about a perfect thing, and feels like a happy surprise every time I look at it. I have found mention of a few different W. H. Voorhees', most notably a Mrs. W. H. Voorhees of San Francisco who was active in the temperance movement (mentioned in the local paper on a visit to see her sister in Ohio in 1886), and who donated a campaign ribbon for the first Republican Party presidential campaign (1856) to the San Francisco