The Band of Hope, Antique Hand-drawn Postcard copper dish 25" wide x 2" deep

25" wide x 2" deep

I love it just as an object (with a handy hole at the top for hanging)

or for anyone wishing to master the art of persuasion

though just playing as a solitaire endeavor is pretty satisfying too

The Band of Hope, Antique Hand-drawn Postcard copper dish 25" wide x 2" deepI didn't know much at all about the history of "The Band of Hope" when I purchased this early 20th century hand drawn postcard; I just loved this young cast of characters, and also how much one might project into and onto the drawing and text at the present moment, when social gathering and the term hope itself are such charged and contested things. The Band of Hope referred to here is a temperance organization for working class children founded in