A watercolour still life depicting a white vase, a green dish and a plate on a surface, with some white drapery - perhaps a curtain - on the left. Signed with initials at upper right.

This miniature watercolour was painted for Queen Mary's Dolls' House, which was built between 1921 and 1924 for Queen Mary, consort of King George V, by the leading British architect Sir Edwin Lutyens. Princess Marie Louise, who was a cousin of George V's and a childhood friend of Queen Mary's, came up with the concept of the Dolls' House, as Queen Mary loved all things diminutive and decorative. Princess Marie Louise worked closely with Lutyens to realise the project, which includes contributions from over 1,500 of the finest artists, craftsmen and manufacturers of the early twentieth century. In 1922 Princess Marie Louise wrote personally to individual artists to invite them to contribute a work on paper to the collection for the Dolls' House Library. She stipulated that the size of the works should be 1½ by 1 inch (3.8 x 2.5 cm).

Lady Patricia Ramsay was born Princess Patricia of Connaught, and was the third and youngest child of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and his wife Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia. Lady Patricia's paternal grandparents were Queen Victoria and Prince Albert; like her grandparents, she was an enthusiastic amateur artist. She exhibited her works publically, and was an honorary member of the  Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour.