For Grandma, Allie's 1878 Pinprick Rockinghorse with Fancy Border and Bows amateur art with what appears to be

with what appears to be “MM”  “’78” and VT

I might guess he was staring wide eyed at his catch

Upper drawer of wash stand with recently replaced left pull

dates it to prior to 1940 and corresponds to a specific master silversmith

I love the bleed on the green especially

For Grandma, Allie's 1878 Pinprick Rockinghorse with Fancy Border and Bows amateur art with what appears to beFor Grandma, from Allie, Christmas 1878: a very carefully pin prick drawn rocking horse, from an era when rocking horses were highly prized creatures! For me this is very much about the whole bright and proud package: the very carefully cut fancy decorative border to the cream board, and to the blue board behind it, and these perfectly tied ribbon bows at the corners, and then the note on the back, too; feels to me like the incarnate of what one (me)