Old Carved (Oversized, and Timely) Folk Art Double-sided Lincoln Penny hand-tinted snapshot But soon it grew to

But soon it grew to be a cat

(And I will admit that I--as if a child of five or six myself--have found them useful this week as reference tools in helping me decipher some 19th c

A bit of tearing to the cover wrap just at bottom edge of spine

I'd really call it more of a panel to hang on the wall than a trivet

It looks as if the black and cream pattern on the cloth fabric might have been hand-printed (in paint) by the maker themselves

Old Carved (Oversized, and Timely) Folk Art Double-sided Lincoln Penny hand-tinted snapshot But soon it grew to(First photo a composite showing both front and back) It seemed quite right (or, really, quite wrong) to find this old carved Lincoln penny in the near wake of the death of the penny and just as the reflecting pool in front of the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall is being painted blue. Such that this really feels like a momento mori for Lincolnian ideals most of all. Perhaps rubbing Lincoln's face (it already has quite a nice patina) will bring