Pair of Tiny Handmade Booklets Packed with Marvelous Ink and Watercolor Drawings brass vesta with plenty of variation among

with plenty of variation among them and graphite cut marks still on them

with the same words painted on both sides and two holes drilled right through it for hanging

with the caveat that it be handed around to others on their birthdays to temporarily wield

Striking on the wall

and the Whitney Museum of American Art as well as many other collections

Pair of Tiny Handmade Booklets Packed with Marvelous Ink and Watercolor Drawings brass vesta with plenty of variation amongAmong my very favorite finds EVER these are, for me, pure and total joy, every page a delight, and many laugh out loud funny. Both are the work of a young Bella Park (what a name!), late ish 19th century I believe. These are tiny, about 2" x 2", which makes them feel all the more miraculous. The first (left in first photo) features marvelous black and purple ink drawings throughout described on the inside of the cover as "mostly fancy dances," and