#flower painter

1900 Paul de Longpre, Blue Hyacinth and Bumblebees. 

Chen Huimin

This ceramic hippie flower child coin bank was made by Il Quadrifoglio, the Italian mid-century ceramics company who made my original Lucy and my other Lucy. Well, I just received this hippie flower child ceramic coin bank as a present for Christmas, and I love her. I’ve named her Peppermint, and she reminds me of my inner-child. Milvia (otherwise known as the “Flower Painter”) was credited as Peppermint’s maker. She was responsible for many of Il Quadrifoglio’s designs back in the day. Now, she sits between the two Lucies, contemplating the deeper meaning of life while still living in the moment.

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A peony, an iris, a poppy, anemones, morning glory and other flowers, in a glass vase, with a caterpillar, a beetle and other insects, on a stone ledge. Jacob van Walscapelle, c.1670.

“I belong to Neverland”

Paul De Longpre, Red Roses, Fresh from the Garden, 1898

1802 Tulips and Roses: Cabbage Rose, Two Tulips, a small Tortoiseshell Butterfly and yellow Meadow Ant. Watercolour on vellum, Signed and dated by Pierre Joseph Redouté (1759-1840).