Mid 19th C. Apothecary Bottle with Luisa Wells' Hand-drawn Bird and Note Adirondack painting which is wonderfully worn

which is wonderfully worn

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did not realize that Royal Haeger made some pretty great ceramics in the 1960s and 70s with terrific fat lava glazes

This one shows wear

Mid 19th C. Apothecary Bottle with Luisa Wells' Hand-drawn Bird and Note Adirondack painting which is wonderfully wornI am perpetually in search of drawings like this bird, and all the better that this one was drawn then affixed to this French apothecary bottle. It is signed by a Luisa Wells, with a handwritten note above that is a bit hard to read, but appears to be addressed to a Master Gaines White (or similar), who Luisa writes "is a fine scholar and learns well." And so I believe Luisa was likely Master Gaines' tutor, and that she likely travelled to France, and