Polly Este's Rewards of Merit, Southborough, MA, 1827! wooden inlaid box Surely done by a Yankees

Surely done by a Yankees obsessed adolescent boy in 1921

some toning

I'd be inclined to keep it nearby to use for herding human companions

but it looks to me perhaps to be made of porcelain

with the interplay of the engraving and the coloration making them feel both unusual and really rather exquisite

Polly Este's Rewards of Merit, Southborough, MA, 1827! wooden inlaid box Surely done by a YankeesIt's a rare day that I come across a reward of merit or three as early as these, and even less frequently do I come across an entirely handmade one. Clearly Polly Este, or someone who loved her, was proud of her accomplishments, managing to keep these safe and sound and together for just about 200 years. I have a definitive record for Polly, born Aug. 30, 1818 in Southborough, Massachusetts, daughter of Solomon Este. She married Henry Sumner Wheeler