Radiant Peach! Antique Theorem Watercolor on Watermarked Paper carved stuff box after Michelangelo) measures 7" t

after Michelangelo) measures 7" t x 3" w x 1 1/4" d

Base measures 8 1/2" l x 2 5/8" w x 3/4" thick

an elementary school teacher in Ossining

The blue paint is

Radiant Peach! Antique Theorem Watercolor on Watermarked Paper carved stuff box after Michelangelo) measures 7" tOne of three super saturated, strongly graphic old theorem watercolors of fruit today, purchased together in Pennsylvania and making me think about the kinship between theorems (made using stencils, and I believe with glass straws used for blowing the base level of watercolor paint) and airbrushed designs. Surely all done by one person, and a faint penciled number at the corner of each suggests they were likely part of a larger series (one sees