19th Century Public School Certificates of Merit charming carving and I really like the

and I really like the three little buttons near the lip

the timeless gestures of the farmers and housewives

It was during these years that he made his first sketches and watercolors of combatants

A super pair of vintage candlestick holders with a super retro feel

final touches of white painted whiskers and ears

19th Century Public School Certificates of Merit charming carving and I really like theI think these are just wonderful, and who doesn't know someone who could use a little recognition of their merits?! These were awarded to a young "Master Charley Geoppinger" in the late 1870s or so by a couple of different teachers two of them for a hundred merits, one for twenty, one for 15 and two for three. I believe these would have been saved to either cash in for some prize, reward, or further honor, but I am not certain precisely what. I really