Exquisite, Unusual Late 18th/Early 19th C Pinprick and Watercolor Love Token mid-century abstract painting with a little black painted

with a little black painted lettering showing

And becoming an expert reader with these does not seem terribly difficult

which weighs about 4 pounds

Basketry pin cushion measures 1 3/8" across

12 7/8" wide x 10 1/4" deep (11 1/4" including handle) x 6 1/2" tall

Exquisite, Unusual Late 18th/Early 19th C Pinprick and Watercolor Love Token mid-century abstract painting with a little black paintedThis exquisite thing is many times better in person, where you can clearly see every tiny pin prick in the paper (details give a better sense.) All those tiny pricked holes really amplify its graphicness and impart it with an intimate sort of intensity (or intense sort of intimacy) and my goodness, wha a lot of labor and care invested in it. I'm just back from the Boston Antiquarian Book Fair as I write this not where I purchased this, but where I