Mattie and Ollie's Watercolor Butterflies, 1881 tin cup poetic interruption to linear order

poetic interruption to linear order

This is a striking pair of Japanese style faceted pottery cups with what I believe is a Yunomi form

it covers alphabetical and numeral flags

but best would probably be to mount it to a backing sheet and then get it in a frame

Mattie and Ollie's Watercolor Butterflies, 1881 tin cup poetic interruption to linear orderI believe this watercolor likely came out of a Victorian friendship book and what a wonderful articulation of friendship to have one butterfly painted by Mattie, age 11, and one by Ollie, 9, fluttering happily together since 1881. Sweet and lovely. 7 1 8" x 4", very good antique condition.