Painterly Pinks, Lovely Victorian Mounted Sea Moss Specimen gold leafed painting but this is the earliest

but this is the earliest wooden parquetry set I have come across

with Engle standing beside it

Late 19th I believe

John and his rooster Sam

and while the inked text at their centers has faded some it is still readable with a bit of effort--all were awarded to a Master Andrew W

Painterly Pinks, Lovely Victorian Mounted Sea Moss Specimen gold leafed painting but this is the earliestI come across lone sea moss samples now and then, which tend to show their age and some related losses, but this just a beauty of an example, very painterly and lush and ethereal feeling, as if still rippling in the current, under the sea. Paper 8 7 8" x 5 11 16". Very good condition, 19th century, securely mounted to good weight paper.