Live and DIe for those We Love, Poignant and Scarce Mid 19th Century Engraved Sentiment Card unusual handwriting Pure joy to find these

Pure joy to find these two this weekend

The effect is to impart the bunch with a certain moodiness

This same sort of folding was used to make "paper purses" that would be presented folded into squares or pinwheels

One or maybe two very minor glaze chips as documented

One of the things it made think about was the centrality of play in leading to understanding

Live and DIe for those We Love, Poignant and Scarce Mid 19th Century Engraved Sentiment Card unusual handwriting Pure joy to find theseI believe this small card, which I would call a "sentiment card" of sorts (different that a calling card, that would bear the caller's name) is early Civil War era, especially as I take that for an eagle protecting her nest. I can't find another like it anywhere out there, but I did find a 1861 pro Union print, published by E. B. and E. C. Kellogg, titled The Eagles Nest, which I've included in photos and which, like this, has a definite ferocity to