Hell, Lancaster Country, PA, US of America, Poignant 1902 Handwritten Envelop antique English china and the wood framing it

and the wood framing it is really beautiful

plucked from a larger lot all taken at a water circus

" while the reverse seems to show the "East Direct Dial in the latitude of Newbury

simplified animal sculptures--a couple examples of which I've included at end of photos--which are quite distinct from most other Inuit carvings

and the details on her dress just kill me

Hell, Lancaster Country, PA, US of America, Poignant 1902 Handwritten Envelop antique English china and the wood framing itI bought this one this summer in Pennsylvania, but pulled it out now because Pennsylvania, as the swingiest of swing states, is very much on all of our minds (and being courted relentlessly) and so an envelope addressed to Hell, Lancaster County, PA, US of America, seems especially poignant! I find the handwriting itself pretty poetic too. Postmarked 1902, and also rather poignantly mailed from Russia, it appears. 5 5 8" x 3 1 8". and in good