Lavender Petals, Ochre Stem, Wonderful 19th C. Pennsylvania Schoolgirl Watercolor mind teaser 6" tall x 3 5/8"

6" tall x 3 5/8" wide

All perfectly set off by the wide embroidered border and old gold painted frame

especially on the nose

with these three  emaciated-looking figures emerging from a dense crowd shrouded in darkness

But one can see a little house and maybe a church with steeple too on the far horizon

Lavender Petals, Ochre Stem, Wonderful 19th C. Pennsylvania Schoolgirl Watercolor mind teaser 6" tall x 3 5/8"Of all the things found in the last two weeks, this one feels to me the dearest at the moment. 19th century, likely done by a school girl, probably in Pennsylvania, watercolor on lined paper. A flower that also looks like a figure wearing a skirt, with ochre leaves looking both like pears and like boxing gloves, and a pointed end, roots, like a carrot, or a blade, or a ballerina on point. Looks a bit like an ice cream cone too. Layers of life and