Trees Framing Gate 1880s British Pen and Ink Drawing hand-painted wooden plate This really lovely West German

This really lovely West German mid-century vase I believe was made by Steuler

With handles on either side

I found this one fairly tarnished but it polished right up

but might rather be inclined to keep on a butcher block or tray in the kitchen

without a single broken stitch

Trees Framing Gate 1880s British Pen and Ink Drawing hand-painted wooden plate This really lovely West GermanThis drawing came from a portfolio of c. 1880s sketches by a British artist of whom only the initials E. G. H are known; the "Broomfield" scrawled at the bottom I believe refers to the location of the drawing a hamlet in Wiltshire, England. I'm just completely taken with the intensity of the leaves on these trees, forming a dense, sheltering awning I can just feel the relief from a summer sun that standing under them must have brought! I also really