How to amuse yourself and others : the American girl's handy book (1887)
Beard, Lina, Beard, Adelia B. (Adelia Belle), 1857-1920 · New York : Charles Scribner's Sons · leaf 229
-leaves painted as if twined aroundbowl and neck, and when the paint is dry varnish the gourdall over; if you wish it for use as well as decoration, saw offthe top about two or three inches deep, shake out the seeds,then fit a cork in the piece cut off, and so glue it in that thecork may extend an…