Champion Quince, Hand Stenciled Page From c. 1868 Nursery Specimens Salesman Sample Catalog filene's basement Dated 1988

Dated 1988

and the stuffing is fairly light weight

The solid black forms were printed first

with its age and the care taken in the individual paper cuttings quite palpable

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

Champion Quince, Hand Stenciled Page From c. 1868 Nursery Specimens Salesman Sample Catalog filene's basement Dated 1988A 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