Glorious 18th Century Crewelwork Embroidery Purse Fragment, Restored, with Conservation Report snowman and snowwoman grater and pie wheel--everything a

grater and pie wheel--everything a baker might need in one brilliant make do creation

I didn't know much at all about the history of "The Band of Hope" when I purchased this early 20th century hand-drawn postcard

with a diameter of 2 3/4" across at lid and 1 7/8" across at base

then chronologically

I am pretty much positive this is that

Glorious 18th Century Crewelwork Embroidery Purse Fragment, Restored, with Conservation Report snowman and snowwoman grater and pie wheel--everything aTo my eye and sensibilities, this is a gloriously beautiful thing, and among the most special textiles I've had in my possession. It is an 18th century crewelwork embroidery, wool on linen, which I believe was originally a purse. (At the end of photos is a photo of a 1986 page from Maine Antiques Digest documenting a similar crewelwork purse believed to have been owned by John Richardson of Townsend MA sold along with a small watercolor of a house for