Red Admirals, 19th Century Ink and Watercolor Butterflies kamkap " WearEver Cookware thus became

" WearEver Cookware thus became one of the first widely available aluminum based consumer products of their time

If not to be used that way

but here this beautiful small footed bowl with coppery glaze I just stumbled upon in Maine

about to enter the picture frame

which included many fine antiques

Red Admirals, 19th Century Ink and Watercolor Butterflies kamkap " WearEver Cookware thus becameA few last 19th century ink and watercolor butterfly drawings today from a portfolio of half a dozen or so I purchased from a favorite dealer in the Hudson River Valley several weeks ago. This beautiful pair are identified at lower left as Red Admirals, and I must say the wings on them, especially the camouflage mottling of the lower wing of the one at top, make me swoon (see detail photos!) Such wondrous creatures, which this watercolor does a lovely