Butterflies and Tiny Bugs, 19th Century Ink and Watercolor Papago basket with figures and animals but I've never seen a

but I've never seen a rotting lemon

and some scattered staining to the red tape

it reads bright and crisp

the box is painted light green and divided into two halves

white and blue--though to me with a bit of a French spirit to those colors

Butterflies and Tiny Bugs, 19th Century Ink and Watercolor Papago basket with figures and animals but I've never seen aThese butterflies I found together with the watercolor of feathers also just listed I am sure done by the same maker, mid 19th century I believe, and certainly feathers and butterfly wings seem all of a piece. Gorgeous detailing on these splendid creatures, flying in every direction, with a few leafy sprigs, a lady bug for good luck, and what I take for a bee and a mosquito, too. Finely rendered in ink and watercolor, lovely. 9 1 2" x 6 3 8" and in