1730 TWELVE MONTHS OF FLOWERS,JULY LITHOGRAPH PLATE, BY ROBERT FURBER,GARDINER - $7,495 - (Springfield, PA)
1730 Twelve Months of Flowers series July Lithograph plate, published by Robert Furber, a nurseryman in Kensington, England Designed by artist Pieter Casteels, and engraved by Henry Fletcher on hand-colored copper-engraved plates. Engraved by H. Fletcher from paintings by Pieter Casteels. With Frame Image is approx. (20.5"x15") . This is Unbound and framed many years ago .I purchased 20 plus years ago from an estate sale .The owner a very older woman told me the litho was in her fathers home .It is a lovely engravings of flowers, The original bound 12 set publication was conceived as a commercial venture, to sell bound sets of the engravings, and as a high quality seed catalogue for Furber`s nursery at Kensington. The exquisite hand-colored prints depict different species of flowers which are shown according to the month of July in which they bloom, set in a vase with mythological figures. Each flower is numbered and keyed to a legend at the bottom of the plate so that customers could easily order what they fancied. This was the first commercial horticultural catalogue of its time , it represents a defining point in the history of botanical illustration and horticultural literature in Britain. This is an exquisite hand painted litho with some age problems from light which do not affect the the lithograph or coloring.The colors are unscathed and vibrant. GREAT PRICE -30 DAY NO QUESTION ASKED RETURN POLICY ON ITEMS RETURNED IN SAME SHAPE AS SHOWN IN MY EBAY SALES PHOTOS I will accept all returns if returned within 30 days of receipt and Buyer pays for insured return shipping . No refunds will be made until item is received and the item is in same shape as shown in auction photo attached to this particular auction.If the item is not what was offered or differs from picture and description it's defective, isn't as described in the listing, or it was damaged in shipping.Seller will pay for original shipping .If seller is without fault as noted then buyer will be respo…
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