Small Early 19th Century Folk Art Watercolor, Bleeding Hearts ramp walker donkey as well as the title

as well as the title

This is a sweet little Northeast Coast Native American handwoven sweetgrass and splint ash basket made to hold a small pair of sewing scissors

dating back to the year my grandfather gifted us grandkids bags of walnuts

and the natural bristles (definitely animal hair

Small Early 19th Century Folk Art Watercolor, Bleeding Hearts ramp walker donkey as well as the titleThis is one of three small watercolors I purchased together, all dating to the first half of the 19th century and I believe all by the same maker. This is a young sprig of bleeding hearts I believe, not quite fully heart shaped. Done on lined paper, with very thick and saturated color, and a watermark at upper left. Paper size 4" x 2 5 8". There is a tiny tear at the center of the top edge, a couple of faint crease marks, and a few small stains.