"The Enigmatical Dessert", 19th C. Ink and Watercolor Riddle with Solution on Reverse antique drawings of architecture an Arts & Crafts pottery

an Arts & Crafts pottery that ran 1895-1940 out of the H

Solid wood

Paper: 11" x 8 3/4"

with "hook" that folds out to be used to pull one's laces tight

though she is somewhat more petite than him

"The Enigmatical Dessert", 19th C. Ink and Watercolor Riddle with Solution on Reverse antique drawings of architecture an Arts & Crafts potteryThis is an unsual one, and a beautiful one, and a fun one from the days when riddles were high entertainment, including among high society. All done by hand those green wreaths were very finely watercolored, and all the text is black ink it is titled " The Enigmatical Desert [sic] or Fruits," dedicated at the bottom "to Young Housekeepers", with the text inside each wreath posing a riddle, the solution to which is the name of a fruit, revealed on the