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.

1940 - 1960

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Oil on Board by Winifred Turner

From Antoinettes Heirlooms

£210

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19th century

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Harry Wanless 1899 Signed Original Late 19th Century Antique Watercolour Painting Garden Landscape with Yellow Rudbeckia Flowers

From Strickland & Russell

£225

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19th century

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Regency Cut Paper Picture of Flowers

From Wigs on the Green

£200

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A Vintage Bird Watercolour Australian Parrots by M Simpson

1940 - 1960

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A Vintage Bird Watercolour Australian Parrots by M Simpson

From Roger Bradbury Antiques

£145

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Victorian Watercolour Floral Still Life 1898 by Henrietta Creswell

19th century

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Victorian Watercolour Floral Still Life 1898 by Henrietta Creswell

From Roger Bradbury Antiques

£145

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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

£1,280

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Large Mid Century Belgium Impressionist Oil Painting Picture of a Floral Display by Amile Coppieters (Circa 1961)

1940 - 1960

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Large Mid Century Belgium Impressionist Oil Painting Picture of a Floral Display by Amile Coppieters (Circa 1961)

From Yolanda Gray Antiques

£745

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Poppies in a Vase - Antique Oil Painting

1900 - 1920

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Poppies in a Vase - Antique Oil Painting

From Rue des Fontenelles

£200

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Large Still Life Floral Oil on Canvas Painting Mid-century Signed Original

1940 - 1960

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Large Still Life Floral Oil on Canvas Painting Mid-century Signed Original

From Artsonline

£490

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Eighteenth Century Still Life Oil Painting

18th century

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Eighteenth Century Still Life Oil Painting

From Prometheus Antiques

£995

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Pairs and sets are a habit of this category on Sellingantiques. Groups of four, six, seven, eight and ten all turn up, up to ten academic sketch studies.

Oil on Canvas Still Life with Autumn Flowers A. Nikolokov

1940 - 1960

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Oil on Canvas Still Life with Autumn Flowers A. Nikolokov

From Shackladys Antiques

£795

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Oil Painting of Water Lilies and Lily Pads and Flowers on a Lake from France Impressionist Painter Artist Impressionism C1900 to 1950 Possibly of Claude Monet Garden

1900 - 1920

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Oil Painting of Water Lilies and Lily Pads and Flowers on a Lake from France Impressionist Painter Artist Impressionism C1900 to 1950 Possibly of Claude Monet Garden

From Gerald Neville Antiques

£2,950

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Pair of Floral French Oil Paintings C1930

1920 - 1940

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Pair of Floral French Oil Paintings C1930

From Swag Antiques

£725

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Oil on Canvas Still Life with Yellow Flowers and Fruit

1940 - 1960

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Oil on Canvas Still Life with Yellow Flowers and Fruit

From Shackladys Antiques

£425

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Pair of Antique Animal Portraits, French, Framed Pictures, Natural Art, Georgian

18th century

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Pair of Antique Animal Portraits, French, Framed Pictures, Natural Art, Georgian

From London Fine Antiques

£1,295

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Beautiful Chinese Gouache Painting on Silk

19th century

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Beautiful Chinese Gouache Painting on Silk

From Rams Head Antiques

£245

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Antique Botanical Art

Oil on Board by Winifred Turner

Harry Wanless 1899 Signed Original Late 19th Century Antique Watercolour Painting Garden Landscape with Yellow Rudbeckia Flowers

Regency Cut Paper Picture of Flowers

A Vintage Bird Watercolour Australian Parrots by M Simpson

Victorian Watercolour Floral Still Life 1898 by Henrietta Creswell

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

Large Mid Century Belgium Impressionist Oil Painting Picture of a Floral Display by Amile Coppieters (Circa 1961)

Poppies in a Vase - Antique Oil Painting

Large Still Life Floral Oil on Canvas Painting Mid-century Signed Original

Eighteenth Century Still Life Oil Painting

Oil on Canvas Still Life with Autumn Flowers A. Nikolokov

Oil Painting of Water Lilies and Lily Pads and Flowers on a Lake from France Impressionist Painter Artist Impressionism C1900 to 1950 Possibly of Claude Monet Garden

Pair of Floral French Oil Paintings C1930

Oil on Canvas Still Life with Yellow Flowers and Fruit

Pair of Antique Animal Portraits, French, Framed Pictures, Natural Art, Georgian

Beautiful Chinese Gouache Painting on Silk

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