Are these mostly scientific plant illustrations?

No. Painted flower still lifes outnumber single-specimen botanical work by a wide margin, with "still life" in 108 of 302 titles. The scientific side is there in the printed plates, numbered illustrations taken from bound botanical works and usually sold framed and singly. They make up roughly one listing in eight.

What mediums turn up in this category?

Oil leads, in 103 titles, on canvas, board and panel. Watercolour is second at 77 titles, with gouache in eight. Printed work covers engravings, lithographs and a run of 1930s mounted wood engravings. The samples also record oil on porcelain panel, oil on metal, oil on mahogany and oak, and gouache on silk.

How old is most of the material?

Dealer-supplied dates span 1750 to 1960. The largest single bucket is the broad "19th Century" at 55 listings, with 15 more given only as "Victorian". The twentieth century is spread evenly across the decades from the 1900s to the 1960s. Eighteenth-century pieces are a handful in the samples, and one seventeenth-century attribution appears.

Do pairs and sets come up often?

Often enough to count as a habit. "Pair" runs through 30 titles, and groups of four, six, seven, eight and ten all appear, up to a set of ten academic sketch studies. Matched sets in matching frames are described that way in listings, and they sit toward the top of the sampled range.

Is Chinese or Japanese work found here?

It is the rarest origin in the category, a small but consistent seam running through the titles. The forms recorded are watercolours on pith and rice paper, gouache on silk, and Japanese botanical woodblock sets.

What subjects share the frame with flowers?

Fruit appears in 12 titles, and vases, jugs and baskets are the usual containers. Insects, butterflies, birds' nests and shells recur often enough to count as a theme, with "bird" alone in 12 titles. Two one-off forms also turn up: a framed herbarium of pressed plant material, and a Regency cut-paper flower picture.

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Pictures of flowers and plants, from framed oil still lifes of cut blooms to watercolour studies and printed plates lifted from bound botanical works.

Flemish Oil Painting Floral Still Life Antique Art 1900

19th century

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Flemish Oil Painting Floral Still Life Antique Art 1900

From Canonbury Antiques

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Post-impressionist Floral Still Life Oil Painting, Dated 1896

19th century

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Post-impressionist Floral Still Life Oil Painting, Dated 1896

From Pareglio & Ayres Antiques Interiors

£250

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1940 - 1960

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Pencil Drawing Spotted Flycatcher

From Millers Antiques

£190

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An Exceptional Trio of Victorian Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774) Hand-coloured Sea Shell Engravings from Animated Nature Circa 1855

19th century

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An Exceptional Trio of Victorian Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774) Hand-coloured Sea Shell Engravings from Animated Nature Circa 1855

From Hough & Son

£350

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19th century

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19th Century English School Set of Seven Botanical Studies, Watercolour, Gouache and Pencil,

From Hesketh Antiques

£1,650

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Owen Bowen. "Summer Flowers". Still Life Oil Painting.

1920 - 1940

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Owen Bowen. "Summer Flowers". Still Life Oil Painting.

From William Greenwood Fine Art

£950

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Antique Coloured Lithograph Parrot Perruce a Face Bleu

19th century

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Antique Coloured Lithograph Parrot Perruce a Face Bleu

From Rams Head Antiques

£245

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Antique Coloured Bird Lithograph Western Tragopan

19th century

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Antique Coloured Bird Lithograph Western Tragopan

From Rams Head Antiques

£185

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Early 20th Century English Still Life Oil on Canvas Painting

1900 - 1920

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Early 20th Century English Still Life Oil on Canvas Painting

From Jake Wright Antiques Ltd.

£1,650

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James Tower 1919 - 1988. English. Still Life of Cut Flowers in a Pottery Jug, 1945. Framed Wartime Watercolour Painting.

1920 - 1940

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James Tower 1919 - 1988. English. Still Life of Cut Flowers in a Pottery Jug, 1945. Framed Wartime Watercolour Painting.

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Supports go well past paper and canvas on Sellingantiques: oil on porcelain, metal, mahogany and oak panels, gouache on silk, and paintings on pith and rice paper.

James Tower 1919 - 1988. English. Still Life of Flowers in a Jug and a Plate of Fruit. Framed Wartime 1940-1945 Watercolour Painting.

1920 - 1940

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James Tower 1919 - 1988. English. Still Life of Flowers in a Jug and a Plate of Fruit. Framed Wartime 1940-1945 Watercolour Painting.

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James Tower 1919 - 1988. English. Still Life of Flowers in a Jug and a Bowl of Apples, 1944. Framed Wartime Watercolour Painting.

1920 - 1940

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James Tower 1919 - 1988. English. Still Life of Flowers in a Jug and a Bowl of Apples, 1944. Framed Wartime Watercolour Painting.

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Alice Anne Renshaw 1849 - 1900. English. Young Lady with Summer Meadow Flowers in Her Straw Hat. Ornate Period Framed Watercolour & Gouache Painting.

19th century

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Alice Anne Renshaw 1849 - 1900. English. Young Lady with Summer Meadow Flowers in Her Straw Hat. Ornate Period Framed Watercolour & Gouache Painting.

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1900 - 1920

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Gertrude Hayes Oil Painting ‘ Peonies ‘

From Graham Reed Fine Art

£1,500

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Simon Pietersz Verelst (Attributed), Still Life with Flowers - Antrique Oil Painting

17th century

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Simon Pietersz Verelst (Attributed), Still Life with Flowers - Antrique Oil Painting

From Brave Fine Art

£7,500

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Pair of Embroideries of Birds in Gilt Frames

19th century

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Pair of Embroideries of Birds in Gilt Frames

From I M Chaney Antique Furniture

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Antique Botanical Art

Flemish Oil Painting Floral Still Life Antique Art 1900

Post-impressionist Floral Still Life Oil Painting, Dated 1896

Pencil Drawing Spotted Flycatcher

An Exceptional Trio of Victorian Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774) Hand-coloured Sea Shell Engravings from Animated Nature Circa 1855

19th Century English School Set of Seven Botanical Studies, Watercolour, Gouache and Pencil,

Owen Bowen. "Summer Flowers". Still Life Oil Painting.

Antique Coloured Lithograph Parrot Perruce a Face Bleu

Antique Coloured Bird Lithograph Western Tragopan

Early 20th Century English Still Life Oil on Canvas Painting

James Tower 1919 - 1988. English. Still Life of Cut Flowers in a Pottery Jug, 1945. Framed Wartime Watercolour Painting.

James Tower 1919 - 1988. English. Still Life of Flowers in a Jug and a Plate of Fruit. Framed Wartime 1940-1945 Watercolour Painting.

James Tower 1919 - 1988. English. Still Life of Flowers in a Jug and a Bowl of Apples, 1944. Framed Wartime Watercolour Painting.

Alice Anne Renshaw 1849 - 1900. English. Young Lady with Summer Meadow Flowers in Her Straw Hat. Ornate Period Framed Watercolour & Gouache Painting.

Gertrude Hayes Oil Painting ‘ Peonies ‘

Simon Pietersz Verelst (Attributed), Still Life with Flowers - Antrique Oil Painting

Pair of Embroideries of Birds in Gilt Frames

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