Latitia Heston's Thrice Handed Down Miniature Ink and Watercolor Map of Europe with Handwritten Provenence Envelope antique draughts and lid fits snugly

and lid fits snugly

4" wide x 7 1/2" deep x 6 1/2" tall

and then these thin trails of lines surrounding them like a soft cloud

Harry Ingalls of Swampscott

and the bright red horse

Latitia Heston's Thrice Handed Down Miniature Ink and Watercolor Map of Europe with Handwritten Provenence Envelope antique draughts and lid fits snuglyThis is the sort of thing that breaks my heart and makes me glad to be human. Just over 2 inches in diameter, it is a tiny ink and watercolor map of Europe on paper, done with extreme care (can you imagine?) by a Latitia Heston, mid 19th century or so, who signed her name to the reverse, following a verse, that indicates it was made as a token of friendship: In all the varying scene Which fate or fortune send When distance intervene Remind thee of a