Tiny Buzzing Bees at Hive, Partial But Very Charming Early 19th Century Album Amicorum Needlepoint portraitas and a couple of chips

and a couple of chips to the lacquer--one to the left of the rear hinge

Binding in excellent shape

6 7/8" t x 5 1/4" in diameter and in excellent

with small puncture holes in the fabric and a bit of staining but many years of use left in it and still really great looking

seem a bit ambiguous

Tiny Buzzing Bees at Hive, Partial But Very Charming Early 19th Century Album Amicorum Needlepoint portraitas and a couple of chipsI am guessing that this small, very fine (impossibly so!) needlepoint was once part of an early 19th century German "Album Amicorum" or friendship book a collection of small mementos from friends and family (watercolors, drawings, handwritten messages, and often small needlepoints) of a certain size, housed in a special box. Clearly, much of the paper square it was once mounted to, with gold foil border, is gone but I was so completely taken with the