Champion Quince, Hand Stenciled Page From c. 1868 Nursery Specimens Salesman Sample Catalog aniamls A charmer of a rooster

A charmer of a rooster I think

placing all focus on the fabulous

so perhaps it was meant to press a wax seal

4 11/16" x 1 1/8" x 1 1/8"

At first I imagined "Our Dazzler" as a fluffy little show dog or exotic cat

Champion Quince, Hand Stenciled Page From c. 1868 Nursery Specimens Salesman Sample Catalog aniamls A charmer of a roosterA 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