Its pictures like this Paper Flower Making Kit (from France c.1900) that make me swoon with desire and raise my pulse! Just look at all those flower tools, ink filled bottles and bits and pieces of who knows what... It is described thus: "A colorful cache of artificial flower maker's equipment filling three contempory wooden boxes. Contents include: paper and ribbon remnants, flower and foliage parts in various fabrics, bobbins of wire, and glass water droplets for application to flowers or leaves in a contemporary fitted box. Of particular interest are a number of wooden handled tools, including iron balls and hooks, tweezers, metal hand stamps and roller stamps, and over thirty period glass tint bottles, many from la Maison Ardouin. There is additionally a copy of ART DE CONFECTIONNER LES FLEURS ARTIFICIELLES by Mme. BL.*** which includes a catalogue of tools and supplies, and also a trade catalogue, TARIF DES FOURNITURES POUR FLEURS ET FEUILLAGE, from the prominent supplier to the trade, JAVEY & Cie." I am in a faint... If you have $2000.00 to spare, here - www.gardenhistory.com/gallery.html - is where you can buy this collection of wonders. As I am one of those who do not have such a sum to send away, I will drool at the photos and imagine myself using such glorious instruments of creativity...