19th Century Rewards of Merit Group 3 (Blank and Ready to Use!) antique cut paper work Square(ish) boxes measures 3 7/8"

Square(ish) boxes measures 3 7/8" x 3 7/8" x 3 5/8" t

with these wide arms seeming all about delivering a big

Carved folk art pipes like this make me long for the days when pipe smoking was common

and what wonderfully painted wood on that stool)

This piece was carved of porous whale bone--with grey shell used for the pupils and white walrus ivory for the irises--by Alaskan Inupiat master carver Mark 'Delutak' Tepton

19th Century Rewards of Merit Group 3 (Blank and Ready to Use!) antique cut paper work Square(ish) boxes measures 3 7/8"The existence of rewards of merit makes me glad, given from teachers to students to affirm their good efforts, as does the fact that people saved them. Last weekend I found a large collection of them in a box in Midcoast Maine quite a nice variety of them, which I've divided into three groups, all listed today. The ones in this group were never filled in with the names of students, so I thought nice to group together, as one could fill them in and