R.F Burham's 1831 Poem to Miss A. Esty with Circular Writing Expression of Love! United States Ceramic Tile Company (And it feels a bit

(And it feels a bit like a magic wand

With a hook on the back for hanging

bandana and rope were a costume donned for the sake of the photo (provided by the photographer

I love the streamlined form of it

Perhaps there are a few pine needles on the lid that have broken near the ends such that the tips are visible

R.F Burham's 1831 Poem to Miss A. Esty with Circular Writing Expression of Love! United States Ceramic Tile Company (And it feels a bitI purchased this dated 1831, Hartland, Vermont from a favorite rare book seller in Maine, the source of many manuscript treasures. It is the circular writing at bottom right here that made this impossible for me to walk away from I can't remember if and when I've seen another example along these lines, and just find it fascinating and magical, too, writing in circles, a little world of words. And it seems to me it is there, in this small sphere of