Andre Royer French Arts and Crafts Era "Coupe Moderne" Watercolor Rendering whetstone particularly on one side

particularly on one side

now completely alligatored so as to give this black cat a quire an electric and rather ghoulish guise

have something of a menagerie of little animals

with black hair and bowtie

Pretty fun to see that students received grades in hygiene

Andre Royer French Arts and Crafts Era "Coupe Moderne" Watercolor Rendering whetstone particularly on one sideThis watercolor shows some damage along the top edge, as detailed, but I found it too striking and beautifully done to leave behind (and a matte over top could frame this super stylish "coupe moderne" a bit more tightly, cutting in from the edge of the paper about the same distance above and below.) What we know from Royer's beautifully hand lettered annotation at lower left is that the metal on the cocktail glass rendered is silver, the ball jade,