Polly Este's Rewards of Merit, Southborough, MA, 1827! mosaic tiles It also took me a

It also took me a while to notice the black cat back there like a shadow behind the bunny

making the subjects feel so present and right there

There is one small stain to the needlepoint center

the complete set  included slatted bases that functioned as stands for the figures

Polly Este's Rewards of Merit, Southborough, MA, 1827! mosaic tiles It also took me aIt's a rare day that I come across a reward of merit or three as early as these, and even less frequently do I come across an entirely handmade one. Clearly Polly Este, or someone who loved her, was proud of her accomplishments, managing to keep these safe and sound and together for just about 200 years. I have a definitive record for Polly, born Aug. 30, 1818 in Southborough, Massachusetts, daughter of Solomon Este. She married Henry Sumner Wheeler