Mid 19th C. Apothecary Bottle with Luisa Wells' Hand-drawn Bird and Note fabric covered with bright blue body and

with bright blue body and black and yellow wings

orange and blue paint to my eye is just perfect

taking him throughout much of the United States

making it feel like a very special thing

I really like the way the rubber has worn and color faded

Mid 19th C. Apothecary Bottle with Luisa Wells' Hand-drawn Bird and Note fabric covered with bright blue body andI 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