One More JH Adair Ink and Crayon Bouquet in Decorated Pot, 1905, Spring Grove, Pennsylvania antique pipe bowl bodkins were often made by

bodkins were often made by sailors as gifts to bring home for mothers and sisters and sweethearts

8 1/8 x 13 1/8

perhaps meant to represent a young Jesus

a great sign I think

there is some wear around her waist so I think likely there was once a wire there to hold her up by

One More JH Adair Ink and Crayon Bouquet in Decorated Pot, 1905, Spring Grove, Pennsylvania antique pipe bowl bodkins were often made byOne of a two final drawings today by a young J. H Adair of Spring Grove, PA, c. 1905, which I purchased together; just my sort of drawings. I'll always say yes to an exuberant drawing of a bunch of flowers, and I particularly love that the cheerfully striped pot here was used to draw yet more flowers! Feels heartening to encounter them still blooming 120 years later. 8 3 4" x 5 7 8". I mended a few tears and attempted to ward off any others with some