1840s Boxed German Album Amicorum with Many Lovelies good shepherd retablo head and two paws raised

head and two paws raised as if begging you for a treat

whose got quite a power walker's stride

this 1938 first edition of “Developing Sales Technique and Personality” by Dave Colcord does a pretty good job of selling itself

much more finely carved (and very precious) examples of these out there

and an almost expressionistically carved head of hair

1840s Boxed German Album Amicorum with Many Lovelies good shepherd retablo head and two paws raisedI only recently learned about album amicorum (Latin for "book of friends") or liber amicorum, a European manuscript tradition, beginning in the 16ht century, where individualsoften students, scholars, or aristocratscollected signatures, poems, illustrations, and in this case embroideries, from friends, colleagues, and notable figures. A sort of precursor to the Victorian autograph album, but these were comprised of loose pieces, collected over time,