Wealthy Apple, c. 1868 Hand-stenciled Watercolor Illustration from Horticultural Salesman Sample Catalog antique cat toy One small tear to upper

One small tear to upper left of paper incurred in handling

When I purchased this piece

This marvelous ink and watercolor of "the greyhound" is one of a group I purchased from a seller in England

11 1/2" tall x 8" diameter at widest

one was meant to place one of the included engravings in the frame

Wealthy Apple, c. 1868 Hand-stenciled Watercolor Illustration from Horticultural Salesman Sample Catalog antique cat toy One small tear to upperHere a Wealthy apple, and an Alexander peach, listed separately today too I don't find these often, but recently came across a handful, and I just think they're gorgeous. This would have been one page in a salesman sample type horticultural specimen catalogue (unbound, but held together in a folio I believe). It is not a lithograph rather, the apple and leaves here were rendered in a manner akin to a theorem watercolor, using multiple, hand cut