Confine Your Passions, Riches A Blessing for Correcting the Iniquities of Fortune, Sally Sprague's Timely 1808 Penmanship Exercise iron mends turned this Cocomalt can into

turned this Cocomalt can into a magnifying glass  Works great

with lines separating double digits

6 1/2" t x 5 " w x 1 3/8" d

This pumpkin-shaped (or sometimes described as melon-shaped) rich green and bright orange lacquer box with incised vine

Schneeman showed at the Holly Solomon Gallery from 1976 through 1982

Confine Your Passions, Riches A Blessing for Correcting the Iniquities of Fortune, Sally Sprague's Timely 1808 Penmanship Exercise iron mends turned this Cocomalt can intoThis is an early pen and ink penmanship exercise signed Sally Spague and dated 1808. In addition to the fabulous eagle at top, and the header "Confine Your Passions" employing the "long s", what really sold me was the section about riches. "Riches in the hand of a beneficent man are a blessing to the public [.] such a one is a steward to providence and the whole means of correcting the inequalities of fortune [,] of relieving the miserable and