Antique American Geometric Ink and Crayon Drawing Signed W.H. Voorhees stocking stuffers ) and the perfect vessel

) and the perfect vessel to fill with branches of autumn leaves or winter greens for a really dramatic arrangement or fabulous centerpiece

and then clearly they own the blanket and basket (perhaps a picnic basket

I used a small piece of wood in a couple photos to elevate her a bit to get a little more light on her face

This is a really lovely old hand-stitched leather (cowhide I believe) covered Waverly cigarette tin

This basket measures 4 1/2" tall with a diameter ranging from 7 1/2" to 8 1/8" across due to some irregularity of the shape

Antique American Geometric Ink and Crayon Drawing Signed W.H. Voorhees stocking stuffers ) and the perfect vesselTo my eye this drawing is just about a perfect thing, and feels like a happy surprise every time I look at it. I have found mention of a few different W. H. Voorhees', most notably a Mrs. W. H. Voorhees of San Francisco who was active in the temperance movement (mentioned in the local paper on a visit to see her sister in Ohio in 1886), and who donated a campaign ribbon for the first Republican Party presidential campaign (1856) to the San Francisco