Woman with Cross and Blue Velvet Cape, 19th C Watercolor Portrait in Period Frame brown horse and indeed have learned they

and indeed have learned they are pretty rare--and this set all the rarer for being double nines rather than double sixes--and all 55 of them are here

these feel great to hold and would make great everyday tea (or coffee) cups

9" tall x 9 1/4" across at arms

2 7/8" x 2 3/8"

There are so many keen sampler dealers and collectors out there that for the most part I leave them alone

Woman with Cross and Blue Velvet Cape, 19th C Watercolor Portrait in Period Frame brown horse and indeed have learned theyThe more time I spend with this portrait the more I love it, and love her a bit of a homely woman, perhaps, who doesn't look especially glad to be having her portrait painted, but such is clearly part of her lot in life as a woman of means, and she looks as if used to enduring things she doesn't especially like! 1820s 30s would be my guess based especially on her cape, bodice and hair style, beautifully housed in what I might guess is her original