Great Britain and Ireland: Gorgeous c. 1840 Ink and Watercolor Hand-drawn Map cylindrical lidded box A few scrapes and scratches

A few scrapes and scratches here and there

Virginia was featured in the Washington Post in December of 1985 as the perfect thing to buy for oneself during tree-trimming season

especially of curves

to feel rather elegant

The tallest figures measure 5 1/4" tall with a diameter of 1 1/2" at base

Great Britain and Ireland: Gorgeous c. 1840 Ink and Watercolor Hand-drawn Map cylindrical lidded box A few scrapes and scratchesI forever have an eye out for hand drawn maps of all sorts, and especially ink and watercolor ones of this ilk, which I believe were done in school as part of geography class (can you imagine?!) These I purchased from a seller near to me in Massachusetts, who dates them to 1840 or so based on a map of the United States done by the same person, which included Texas Territory (Texas became a state in 1845). To me these are beautiful in a similar way to