Sarah Maria Curtis (1802-1872); A Botanical Watercolour Study of Roses in a China Vase 1823 sub-Curios and it is the kind

and it is the kind of table that not only makes a room but one that also improves with age

having an attractively shaped ballooned ebonised case with clear glass dial etch marked ‘Stormy’ through to ‘Very Dry’ with the makers name under

‘Queen’ and finally the ‘Brood Comb’

she became art tutor to King Louis XVI’s sister at the Palace Of Versailles and then

They were then taken over by Charringtons of Mile End in 1925

Sarah Maria Curtis (1802-1872); A Botanical Watercolour Study of Roses in a China Vase 1823 sub-Curios and it is the kindOrigin: English Period: Regency Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1823 The Work: 17. 25 wide x 21. 25 high In Frame: 21. 25 wide x 25. 25 high The beautifully executed watercolour botanical study depicting blooming white roses in a Georgian blue and white china vase, to a shelf, the picture bearing the signature lower right Sarah Maria Curtis 1823, and presented in its original gilded gesso frame with stiff leaf mouldings, the whole surviving from Regency