c. 1840s American Wallpaper Band Box with Decoupage in Glorious Yellow and Blue 18th century cup Total love for these small

Total love for these small watercolors

On the back of the stretcher is written Stanwood

I like the idea of this antique souvenir being used to mark places for future journeys in a giant world atlas

And what a wonderful dynamic to this one--two loops of hair side by side for Katie and Little Frankie (I believe

and all things in between for more than thirty years

c. 1840s American Wallpaper Band Box with Decoupage in Glorious Yellow and Blue 18th century cup Total love for these smallI paid a fair bit for this one, and will be very glad to keep it for myself I simply could not resist that yellow, or that blue, and even more so the two of them together. (I have not at all amped up the color here.) Unusual in my experience to find one with decoupage elements on the exterior, too, which I find very charming this is American, c. 1840s I believe (with a stars and stripes shield at the center and en eagle too) but someone was also