Polly Este's Rewards of Merit, Southborough, MA, 1827! mosaic tiles I'll include the board they

I'll include the board they were stored with (the blue and gray and white pictured) in case of use

making the subjects feel so present and right there

including a peacock

NC framer on back) I believe was done by a Dennis Martin (who signed a second drawing I found this one alongside

it's really a pretty great object

Polly Este's Rewards of Merit, Southborough, MA, 1827! mosaic tiles I'll include the board theyIt'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