Rare Mid 19th Century "Infant's Alphabet" With Two Handmade Additions to Make Complete quilting it would be quite the

it would be quite the find indeed

and rather a patriotic one

with a corresponding text card for each bird

I would most definitely stop and head that way

and one can just feel whoever that maker was carving out each piece and then every single dot

Rare Mid 19th Century "Infant's Alphabet" With Two Handmade Additions to Make Complete quilting it would be quite theTo my eye a complete charming thing, and I've never seen another set like this somewhat akin to antique carved bone alphabets, meant to teach spelling, but in this case a paper alphabet with hand colored pictures to boot. The label on the lid of the turned wooden box reads "Infant's Alphabet", with the image of a girl holding doll at center. Inside, 28 rounds cut of heavy paper card, with letters of the alphabet on one side and hand colored engraved