HOPE, Amazing 1839 Hand-beaded-on-Every-Surface Folk Art Needle Book + Pin Keep easter basket Great ink drawn detailing on

Great ink drawn detailing on the feathers under the read

5 1/2" l x 4 3/8" W X 2" t and in good and sturdy shape

Made with black ink

I love a good pitcher

HOPE, Amazing 1839 Hand-beaded-on-Every-Surface Folk Art Needle Book + Pin Keep easter basket Great ink drawn detailing onTotal delight finding this one, purchased from a seller in Arizona, whose mother was an avid antique collector. I've been keeping an eagle eye out for early beaded needle books since finding a marvelous one with a house and the phrase "remember me" on it months ago these types of examples, hand beaded with tiny tiny glass seed beads, date to the first half of the 19th century and are scarce but now this is the third I've turned up. And what a charmer