Small Early 19th Century Folk Art Watercolor, Bleeding Hearts ramp walker donkey and there is a tear

and there is a tear to the bottom right corner

At some point small pads were added to the bottom

This is a sweet little Northeast Coast Native American handwoven sweetgrass and splint ash basket made to hold a small pair of sewing scissors

today most of its thousand or so members live in Elton

Small Early 19th Century Folk Art Watercolor, Bleeding Hearts ramp walker donkey and there is a tearThis is one of three small watercolors I purchased together, all dating to the first half of the 19th century and I believe all by the same maker. This is a young sprig of bleeding hearts I believe, not quite fully heart shaped. Done on lined paper, with very thick and saturated color, and a watermark at upper left. Paper size 4" x 2 5 8". There is a tiny tear at the center of the top edge, a couple of faint crease marks, and a few small stains.