Davida Perley's Handmade Kindergarten Booklet with Penmanship and Assorted Treats measuring glass Cut from plywood

Cut from plywood

The basketry covering the jug is woven of flat wicker splints

Well used and aged

This miniature cast sterling silver polar bear is just an exquisite little object

This one makes me want to start collecting miniature books to house in it

Davida Perley's Handmade Kindergarten Booklet with Penmanship and Assorted Treats measuring glass Cut from plywoodA sweet thing, done by a Davida Perley, likely while in kindergarten, c. 1930s or so I think. To me there is a lot of poetry in the repetition of simple phases like "Dare to be true" and "The blue birds have come," written in a young hand trying hard to get the cursive right. Plus a Froebel paper weaving, great cutout bunny and bear and trees, and a few other little treats. 8 x 5 1 2". Pages and various cutouts all loose. I'd be disposed to pop "Dare