19th Century Rewards of Merit - Group Two (On Card, c. 1840s-70s) carved bone jewelry VT (founded 1872) and that

VT (founded 1872) and that it once stood on a wheeled platform

I'd describe this beautifully crafted studio pottery vase as post-modern: from certain angles

with general wear and the one tiny rough spot/repainting over a tiny chip to rim

Living at a time when concern with truth seems ever-diminishing

1960s and labeled on the bottoms

19th Century Rewards of Merit - Group Two (On Card, c. 1840s-70s) carved bone jewelry VT (founded 1872) and thatThe existence of rewards of merit makes me glad, given from teachers to students to affirm their good efforts, as does the fact that people saved them. Last weekend I found a large collection of them in a box in Midcoast Maine quite a nice variety of them, which I've divided into three groups, all listed today. The ones in this group are all printed on card, are relatively early examples (c. 1840s 70s or so), and many of them are hand colored. To my