1902 Ledger with Drawing of Distressed Girl! solitude I found these at an

I found these at an antique shop in New Hampshire

This exceptional example features a roughly alternating series figures and elk or deer on both exterior and interior--typically with the animals on the lower half of the basket and the figures (with one arm raised and appearing to sport antlers) above them

I think they make a pretty great modernist pair to sit on a shelf somewhere--and also indestructible play animals for the kids

measures 7 3/4" from one end of the handle to the other

Clearly he loved his birds

1902 Ledger with Drawing of Distressed Girl! solitude I found these at anThis ledger is not beautiful it's lost its cover, the paper is fairly brittle, and it's filled only here and there but how could I not save this drawing from the recycling bin??? I'm not exactly sure what is written at the top of that page perhaps Irene T___? but what a face on this one. Otherwise, among the notes in the ledger is a first draft of the services for its owner's "Bill Pasting Co" in Manchester, NY (including bill pasting, bill