Champion Quince, Hand Stenciled Page From c. 1868 Nursery Specimens Salesman Sample Catalog filene's basement and good for rattling around

and good for rattling around

probably made by a father or grandfather

Marbled one is slightly larger: 3 1/8" tall

but I think still has a hundred years on it at least

and what great hats and dresses

Champion Quince, Hand Stenciled Page From c. 1868 Nursery Specimens Salesman Sample Catalog filene's basement and good for rattling aroundA radiant Champion Quince, glowing like sunshine. I've handled a few examples (of apples and peaches and pears) of this type before this would have been one page in a salesman sample type horticultural specimen catalogue (unbound, but held together in a large folio case). This is not a lithograph rather, the quince here was rendered in a manner akin to a theorem watercolor, using multiple, hand cut stencils and meticulously applied layers of