Very Fine 19th Century Gouache and Watercolor Floral Bouquet New Forms and Solids blocks including the suitor

including the suitor

a mild stimulant

13 1/2" long x 1 5/8" x 1 1/2"

giving the piece a great  handmade warmth and uniqueness

is known as a bird carver: shorebirds

Very Fine 19th Century Gouache and Watercolor Floral Bouquet New Forms and Solids blocks including the suitorWhen I found this I had to question whether it might be a print as the detail is quite amazing, but it is indeed hand done, watercolor and gouache I believe. There is an embossed stamp to the upper left corner of the board, which I can't quite read but which features what looks like a leafy fleur de lys; I might have guessed this was British, but it seems possible from that that it could be French. I'm a sucker for Peonies, and can almost smell these,