19th Century Rewards of Merit - Group One (Paper, c. 1830s-60s) George Kills Box measures 14 1/2" x

Box measures 14 1/2" x 10" w x 2 5/8" t

but the thought of all of this effort in anticipation of a filled book never to be realized is about the most touching thing I can imagine

and they are my new favorites ever

Widely exhibited and collected

enhancing the pleasure of this wonderfully unproductive mechanical operation

19th Century Rewards of Merit - Group One (Paper, c. 1830s-60s) George Kills Box measures 14 1/2" xThe existence of rewards of merit makes me glad, giving from teachers to students to affirm their good efforts, as does the fact that people saved them. Last weekend I found a large collection of them in a box in Midcoast Maine quite a nice variety of them, which I've divided into three groups, all listed today. The ones in this group are all printed on paper (rather than card), are relatively early examples )c. 1830s 60s or so), and many of them are