Lovely c. 1800 Hand-drawn Patterns (Presumed for Embroidery), Ink on Watermarked Laid antique nutcracker and what better creatures to

and what better creatures to stare out for hours than owls and hawks

--by a Rollin R (I believe it reads)

14 13/16" t x 4" wide and deep

His work gained recognition in the 1980s with its inclusion in exhibitions at the at the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts

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Lovely c. 1800 Hand-drawn Patterns (Presumed for Embroidery), Ink on Watermarked Laid antique nutcracker and what better creatures toI believe this these drawings were made as embroidery patterns and I can very much imagine them executed in very fine silk thread. I love them rendered in ink though, on early watermarked laid paper, with wonderful passages of detail, tiny stars and crosshatching and squiggly lines with dots to either side. Lovely. Late 18th very early 19th century European I believe, with watermark detailed in last photo, which I have not researched. 12 7 8" x 7 3