For Get Me Not, Charming c. Early 20th C. Folk Art Spruce Gum Box antique watercolor of ducks dates to the second half

dates to the second half of the 19th century and I believe is most likely British

all the more apparent

and it took me quite a while to determine its origin

I used one piece of archival tape to mount it to a piece of white board and put it in this old carved wooden frame that I think suits it really nicely: 13 1/4" x 11 1/2"

and the construction amazing

For Get Me Not, Charming c. Early 20th C. Folk Art Spruce Gum Box antique watercolor of ducks dates to the second halfFound in Tennessee but probably Maine in origin, this is a c. early 20th century book shaped spruce gum box. (More below re. spruce gum boxes). You know I love a book shaped anything, and love tokens of all sorts, and naive drawings too, and this is all rolled into one, with a horseshoe and flowers and wonderful spelling of "For get," too! Associated with logging and lumbering activities, spruce gum boxes, also known as gum books, were usually carved