Spencerian Bird in Red Ink with Branch in Beak, 1896 Red Ink Drawing antique medicine bottle Saint Francis of Assisi

Saint Francis of Assisi

visible on its spine

or perhaps a beloved waitress who had worked there for 50+ years

"apple pedal pink"

Spencerian Bird in Red Ink with Branch in Beak, 1896 Red Ink Drawing antique medicine bottle Saint Francis of AssisiI resist a good number of Spencerian calligraphic birds, drawn on calling cards and sometimes on pages in autograph albums, as this was they're very lovely, but often one nearly the same as the next. No way I could pass on this dove though, finely rendered in red ink, branch in beak, by someone quite expert in the form, with quite a complex flurry of furling leaves framing it. A charming example, dated 1896 at lower left. 7 3 8" x 5 11 16". Very good