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    A Suter tour de force: a vase with a bouquet of flowers,
                                                     with insects and birds

                                  The  “bouquet  and  vase”  mount  corresponds  exactly
                                  with the entry in Suter’s 1900 catalogue:

                                  “Exceedingly  fine  Bouquet  with  Vase,  richly
                                  ornamented with Butterflies and Birds”.

                                  Priced at three pounds sterling, a considerable sum for
                                  the time, it is a great rarity: how many have survived
                                  beyond this family heirloom is unknown.  The dealer
                                  who  acquired  the  paintbox  made  vague  mention  of
                                  “exhibitions”, but no details have been forthcoming.  It
                                  is possible that Suter exhibited paintings locally either
                                  when  he  was  still  in  inner  London,  or  later  in
                                  Tottenham  (or  both).    But  his  finest  art  work,  on
                                  surviving evidence, is the “bouquet and vase”: it entails
                                  as  much  skill  as  any  watercolour  (and  more  complex
                                  specialist expertise).

                                  A man of piety

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