19th Century Rewards of Merit Group 3 (Blank and Ready to Use!) alert cat black and blond

black and blond

relating to making everything from pompoms to fancy buttonholes to pockets

NH based ceramicist who has been creating functional and sculptural work since the late 1970s

with tears and bends and curled edges that make it look very folky and very well loved

This one I found loose in a falling apart late 1870s/early 80s sketchbook found in Pennsylvania

19th Century Rewards of Merit Group 3 (Blank and Ready to Use!) alert cat black and blondThe existence of rewards of merit makes me glad, given from teachers to students to affirm their good efforts, as does the fact that people saved them. Last weekend I found a large collection of them in a box in Midcoast Maine quite a nice variety of them, which I've divided into three groups, all listed today. The ones in this group were never filled in with the names of students, so I thought nice to group together, as one could fill them in and