SOLD KING in Spelling, Wonderful 1825 Handmade Reward of Merit handmade railroad He's got on an apron

He's got on an apron

Wear and light cracking to the surface of the wood consistent with age

Just a really great surface and a satisfying form to this old wooden toy train car

and then that gorgeous yellow panted border

and the XYZs entirely

SOLD KING in Spelling, Wonderful 1825 Handmade Reward of Merit handmade railroad He's got on an apronA very early 1825! handmade reward of merit for the spelling King! This makes me purely happy. I'm always on the hunt for early handwritten rewards of merit, but never imagined such a charmer as this. And its small scale makes it seem especially miraculous for it to have survived 200 years; one thinks this speller was very proud of himself! 3 1 4" x 1 1 2". Ink on wove. Surely some fading to the ink and general toning to the paper, but in good