Butterflies and Tiny Bugs, 19th Century Ink and Watercolor amber but they do make one

but they do make one want to handle it with care

like an arched window

standing for Friendship

which seems rather aligned with his youthfulness and rather searching expression (and I must say that without the red robe and tassel

one side with a pair of ink wells fitted into square niches

Butterflies and Tiny Bugs, 19th Century Ink and Watercolor amber but they do make oneThese butterflies I found together with the watercolor of feathers also just listed I am sure done by the same maker, mid 19th century I believe, and certainly feathers and butterfly wings seem all of a piece. Gorgeous detailing on these splendid creatures, flying in every direction, with a few leafy sprigs, a lady bug for good luck, and what I take for a bee and a mosquito, too. Finely rendered in ink and watercolor, lovely. 9 1 2" x 6 3 8" and in