Mattie and Ollie's Watercolor Butterflies, 1881 tin cup but there are a lot

but there are a lot out there and so they have to be pretty special for me to pick them up

) Overall good condition with some light surface rusting

Shot with magnification

but best would probably be to mount it to a backing sheet and then get it in a frame

it covers alphabetical and numeral flags

Mattie and Ollie's Watercolor Butterflies, 1881 tin cup but there are a lotI believe this watercolor likely came out of a Victorian friendship book and what a wonderful articulation of friendship to have one butterfly painted by Mattie, age 11, and one by Ollie, 9, fluttering happily together since 1881. Sweet and lovely. 7 1 8" x 4", very good antique condition.