The box measures 4" long x 1 7/8" deep x 1 1/4" tall
mid-17th century English stump work embroidery--a complex type of needlework incorporating a variety of stitches and materials (these were very early "mixed media" works) rendered in a raised-work style
Another completely joyful thing
and green palette of the figure’s jacket
though the sweetly hand-embroidered cloth of her arms and lower body is pretty wonderful too
1910s Pocket Notebook with Portrait and Curious Mix! phonograph The box measures 4" longA curious little pocket notebook, which I love for its combination of contents the cutout photo portrait, with fraternity affiliation just below, and then pasted in lists of measures, recipes for making animal feed, fire alarm codes, and then, very carefully written on gridded paper, what I've figured out is a list of winning race horses. Methinks this young man was, most passionately, a betting man, even while studying agriculture at Hamilton