His Sign is the Lion, Pennsylvania German 1803 Fraktur Watercolor Birth Announcement in Brilliant Color cocktail game and the playfulness it lends

and the playfulness it lends to this rather formidable looking chair--and also how it connects this piece of tabletop furniture with handheld puzzle rattles

earlyish 20th century

A charmer of an old wooden field decoy I think

The little branch on which it stands is hollow inside

I just love this pot

His Sign is the Lion, Pennsylvania German 1803 Fraktur Watercolor Birth Announcement in Brilliant Color cocktail game and the playfulness it lendsI just cannot walk away from color like this. And I find it a very wonderful thing that the birth of a child should be recorded and celebrated in such a glorious way. Here: Johannes Esjchleman born on March 31, 1803. (I believe I've got it right often names were spelled phonetically; I've found a record for a "John" Eshleman born on the same day in Lancaster, PA to father Johannes, certainly this is he.) Best here is the following inclusion: "und sein