Luxuriously Large Lot of Antique Bone Letters in Original Box pastel landscape there is one light surface

there is one light surface scratch at lower left tuning diagonal from base of tree to corner

and I'd be willing to bet the painting is of the family home

plus the very existence of irises always kind of amazes me

with plenty of wear to both the paint and wood of the wheels

they make me think of bons bons rolled in fancy paper and cinched with bows at either end

Luxuriously Large Lot of Antique Bone Letters in Original Box pastel landscape there is one light surfaceYum. I had one set of 19th c. bone letters months ago and have been looking for more since so when I spotted this box on offer from a British seller, filled with 180+ of them, I jumped on it. For me, all of these beautiful letters together feels like total luxury, and also total possibility the potential of every work that exists just sitting there in physical form, waiting to be spelled. These were used to teaching spelling in the 19th c., and I have