Tiny Buzzing Bees at Hive, Partial But Very Charming Early 19th Century Album Amicorum Needlepoint portraitas Binding in excellent shape

Binding in excellent shape

I purchased this from a favorite antiques shop just over the NH border in Vermont

A curious little thing

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

I've rarely met a vintage Bennington Potters piece in this tawny mustard glaze that I haven't liked

Tiny Buzzing Bees at Hive, Partial But Very Charming Early 19th Century Album Amicorum Needlepoint portraitas Binding in excellent shapeI 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