House Perched on Cliff, Earlyish 19th C. Folk Art Watercolor hand-drawn valentines it has a similar feeling

it has a similar feeling to lignum vitae but may be some other exotic (I've just ordered a guide to woods so I can become better at identifying

the shorter 4 1/16"

but it seems time to offer them up individually--including for the fact that

This old box would feel right at home in a library or study filled with old books

House Perched on Cliff, Earlyish 19th C. Folk Art Watercolor hand-drawn valentines it has a similar feelingThis one I believe was done by the same Lucy Jones as a pair of sketchbooks I am listing next who, from a handwritten (and undated) obituary tucked into one of the sketchbooks, I know was a school teacher also with a "cunning hand" in "housewifery, needlework, drawing and painting, flower culture and in many other occupations requiring taste and patience and skill of eye and touch." I believe this watercolor dates to the 1830s 40s or so, with a rich