Many Little Drawings by George R. Peare and Family, Lynn, MA, 1870s-80s Damascene pin This old ship in a

This old ship in a bottle whimsy has accumulated a good amount of dust and dirt inside over the years

4 3/8" x 4 3/8" as mounted

and portrait of the effects of war

especially when the result of chance and age

but I quite like them as is (what a wonderful face) and with a little playing around one can use the wire handle to raise and swing him (or her) into all sorts of positions

Many Little Drawings by George R. Peare and Family, Lynn, MA, 1870s-80s Damascene pin This old ship in aTotal joy than finding a plastic sleeve this week in Vermont stuffed with all of these: several loose drawings of sailing ships, several hand stitched little booklets of drawings, and an 1873 letter from George R. Peare of Lynn, MA to his wife, with some doodles on the back of that, too. I've found a record for Peare (born 1847 in Nova Scotia; died 1912, Lynn MA) which makes me believe the majority of these drawings were done by his children, rather