Remember Me, Marvelous 19th Century Hand-beaded Folk Art Love Token Needle Book antique iron folk art snake a hunter I'd think-- though

a hunter I'd think-- though he also looks a bit like a soldier--appears poised to walk right up and off the cliff

conte crayon

and wire egg baskets filled with freshly gathered eggs--altogether channeling the spirit of my great grandmother

11 7/8” x 8 5/8”

and which I absolutely could not leave behind

Remember Me, Marvelous 19th Century Hand-beaded Folk Art Love Token Needle Book antique iron folk art snake a hunter I'd think-- thoughSo many good things rolled into one little package: a token of love friendship, portrait of place, and hand sewn needle book pin keep all at once, with white house right out of a schoolgirl sampler on front, and monogram and flower (or fruit?) with garland on reverse (to my eye evincing a gravestone, and so seeming something of a momento mori too) all laboriously rendered in tiny glass seed beads, sewn on one by one. I have total love for this very