R.F Burham's 1831 Poem to Miss A. Esty with Circular Writing Expression of Love! United States Ceramic Tile Company In great shape

In great shape

I purchased this and a second Dows print from the estate of artist Leon Hovsepian (1911-2018) in Worchester

or whether the peg with bird on top was devised to give flourish to the winning player's triumphant final move

A few photos document both sides of a given loose sample

1930 and never used

R.F Burham's 1831 Poem to Miss A. Esty with Circular Writing Expression of Love! United States Ceramic Tile Company In great shapeI purchased this dated 1831, Hartland, Vermont from a favorite rare book seller in Maine, the source of many manuscript treasures. It is the circular writing at bottom right here that made this impossible for me to walk away from I can't remember if and when I've seen another example along these lines, and just find it fascinating and magical, too, writing in circles, a little world of words. And it seems to me it is there, in this small sphere of