Exuberant Stalk of Flowers in Dated, Flower Decorated Vase, 1905 Ink and Crayon Drawing, JH Adair, PA metal box tin box with the deco aspect amplified

with the deco aspect amplified by the fact that it angles back a bit

but they certainly pale in comparison to this fantastic tiny family of creatures carved from walnut shells

suggests an excellent skull-and-crossbones sort of mask at center

they would have been used on an old theatre marquee

Exuberant Stalk of Flowers in Dated, Flower Decorated Vase, 1905 Ink and Crayon Drawing, JH Adair, PA metal box tin box with the deco aspect amplifiedOne of a couple more today by a young J. H Adair of Spring Grove, PA, c. 1905, which I purchased together; just my sort of drawings. I'll always say yes to an exuberant drawing of a bunch of flowers, especially ones with red stems and purples leaves and green petals! And I particularly love that the vase here was used to draw yet more flowers! A good spot for marking the year, too. Feels heartening to encounter them still blooming 120 years later. 8 3