Bellflowers, Lovely 1872 Floral Watercolor Signed Marian Marcelin meansuring cup with the rope carved in

with the rope carved in the round as it snakes across the top of the anchor

very poetic feeling to me and quite striking

but in the wrong place

I would guess

Bellflowers, Lovely 1872 Floral Watercolor Signed Marian Marcelin meansuring cup with the rope carved inI will never tire of antique folk art watercolors of flowers largely painted by women and a lot about close looking, and as was explicitly noted on another watercolor by this same Marian Marcelin that I listed last week, of an iris she "raised herself," these often seem to me to embody several points of pride at once. And I think this is a lovely example, bellflowers I believe. Signed on reverse and dated 1872. 8 3 8" x 5 3 4" and in excellent antique