Framed 19th Century Botanical Prints after Robert Furbers 1730s Engravings "12 Months of Flowers" large vintage grain sack A wonderful antique wooden mortar

A wonderful antique wooden mortar bowl carved by hand from elm and originally used to pound herbs and grains

Could be oil paint but I think its more likely acrylic

Approximately 82cm diameter x 71cm high

The frame and glass is not as old but has protected the colour beautifully

Framed 19th Century Botanical Prints after Robert Furbers 1730s Engravings "12 Months of Flowers" large vintage grain sack A wonderful antique wooden mortarI love Victorian coloured botanical prints and this is a beauty. Original 19th century prints of Robert Furber's "Summer and Winter" from the "Twelve Months of Flowers" catalogue which was published in 1730. It was a landmark in the history of botanical illustration and one of the earliest examples of a seed catalogue. Robert Furber was a British horticulturalist and his original 12 artworks were large, hand coloured copperplate engravings, one for