Andre Royer French Arts and Crafts Era "Coupe Moderne" Watercolor Rendering whetstone now completely alligatored so as

now completely alligatored so as to give this black cat a quire an electric and rather ghoulish guise

have something of a menagerie of little animals

and I have to wonder if she didn't make it in the fall

with black hair and bowtie

I believe this arrow is a fragment of a 19th century weathervane

Andre Royer French Arts and Crafts Era "Coupe Moderne" Watercolor Rendering whetstone now completely alligatored so asThis watercolor shows some damage along the top edge, as detailed, but I found it too striking and beautifully done to leave behind (and a matte over top could frame this super stylish "coupe moderne" a bit more tightly, cutting in from the edge of the paper about the same distance above and below.) What we know from Royer's beautifully hand lettered annotation at lower left is that the metal on the cocktail glass rendered is silver, the ball jade,