Return from the Insect Fair, Very Scarce Clapp and Treat Seeds Trade Card, Hartford CT, 1890s painted metal sign closed 2 7/8” x 2

closed 2 7/8” x 2 5/8”

titled "Thicket" (edition of 10) by still-active Boston area artist Peter Wagner and it resonated to me in all sorts of ways--and the more time I spend with it the more I love it

but I'll just take it on its face and say its a great looking painting

3 3/4" wide

the little ditty "Thirty days has September"

Return from the Insect Fair, Very Scarce Clapp and Treat Seeds Trade Card, Hartford CT, 1890s painted metal sign closed 2 7/8” x 2Such a fun one, and trade cards for vegetable seeds are my favorite. Especially a giant beet on wheels pulled (punningly) by a beetle! (Clever.) I can't find another like it out there, though have found a few references to Clapp and Treat seeds; I believe this dates to the 1890s or so. 5" x 3", good condition, bright and crisp, with a bit of stain visible along left edge and some old glue staining (not sticky) around the edges of the reverse side.