Mid 19th C. Apothecary Bottle with Luisa Wells' Hand-drawn Bird and Note Adirondack painting Each measures approx 8 3/4"

Each measures approx 8 3/4" x 6 1/4"

There appears to be perhaps one tiny hairline crack on the bottom underside at one edge - documented in the last

each iteration is very much its own special thing reflective of the stills

The wonderfully gestural surface decoration evinces a vertical sequence of blooms

Mid 19th C. Apothecary Bottle with Luisa Wells' Hand-drawn Bird and Note Adirondack painting Each measures approx 8 3/4"I am perpetually in search of drawings like this bird, and all the better that this one was drawn then affixed to this French apothecary bottle. It is signed by a Luisa Wells, with a handwritten note above that is a bit hard to read, but appears to be addressed to a Master Gaines White (or similar), who Luisa writes "is a fine scholar and learns well." And so I believe Luisa was likely Master Gaines' tutor, and that she likely travelled to France, and