Lot of Jessie Graham Smith's Ornament Studies (More in Photos) tin tea caddy with a dry kidney bean

with a dry kidney bean included

very clean and very sound

This ware is composed of soft white enamel completely covering a copper ground

with the handwritten card on one detailing the sizes

Lot of Jessie Graham Smith's Ornament Studies (More in Photos) tin tea caddy with a dry kidney beanI found these this past summer at a flea market close to me and just pulled them out again and was struck anew by the lovely and painstakingly executed passages of ornament on them. I'm listing as a lot, and will throw in a couple more not shown here, too. A mix of graphite, ink, watercolor and gold paint, with some truly gorgeous areas of detail that one might do all sorts of things with. I haven't been able to definitely place the Jessie Graham