Lovely 19th Century Handmade Book-Shaped Candy Box, Hand-painted Paper and Velvet Over Board antique property sign One certainly imagines these were

One certainly imagines these were modeled after specific houses--if only I had an entire town's worth

I love that the image makes its subject (and what a beautiful textile it is

so decided to list just a couple individually this week that to me feel most aligned with other things I'm listing today

was raised as one of 12 children to sharecropper parents near Montgomery

) And I think the color and graphics on these "Mechanics Delights" tags are especially good

Lovely 19th Century Handmade Book-Shaped Candy Box, Hand-painted Paper and Velvet Over Board antique property sign One certainly imagines these wereThis I believe was made as a bonbon box, with the padded interior compartment framed with paper lace. (Those doily lined Russell Stover Valentine's chocolate boxes didn't come out of nowhere!) Of course I love it for its book form, and especially that hand hand printed checkerboard patterned paper across the front (with the patterns on those tiny squares evincing pressed seamoss), perfectly bordered in embossed silver and green trim. More silver trim