Sun Spots, from Austrian Journal of Popular Astronomy, 1876 Color Lithograph lidded jars is especially lovely--and fairly unusual

is especially lovely--and fairly unusual in having a handle

In well loved  condition

but I fell in love with her

and energetically stippled all over spots

tweezers and the like

Sun Spots, from Austrian Journal of Popular Astronomy, 1876 Color Lithograph lidded jars is especially lovely--and fairly unusualThis striking image of sun spots as they appeared on November 3, 1868, comes from a volume of Zeitschrift fr populre Astronomi (Journal of Popular Astronomy), published by Lith Anst, Graz (Austria), c. 1876. The image itself was created by Ernest Matthey Guenet, who I have found mentions of but not much of anything about. The yellow is slightly more saturated than appears in photos; just lovely and the perfect way to get to stare directly at the sun!