SOLD 1817-18 Hand-painted Rewards of Merit with Watercolors and Incredible Hand-sewn Mends antique ink drawing it could certainly live in

it could certainly live in a garden or on a front porch again

and certainly with well more than a hundred years on it I have to think it has opened some letters bearing pretty sad news

and especially on the back side

and New York City College

One could also very easily thread string or wire through the holes and hang them from the wall or ceiling

SOLD 1817-18 Hand-painted Rewards of Merit with Watercolors and Incredible Hand-sewn Mends antique ink drawing it could certainly live inI am COMPLETELY in love with these, and especially the top one in the first photo, with this marvelous watercolor border, fabulous urn of flowers watercolor on reverse, and the most incredible hand sewn mending I've ever seen. Just look at that! All these tiny tiny cream thread stitches that repaired two tears long long ago, telling us that this was a very very prized reward of merit indeed! It is a bit ironic that someone more recently decided a