Woman with Fat Rolled Curls, Wonderful Antique Carved Bust three drawer tabletop chest I found this terrific "T"

I found this terrific "T" along with a "B" and an "R" (listed separately) packed together in an envelope at an antique shop and just fell in love with them

Wear and some darkening/rusting to the surface of the steel as evident

date to the early 1830s who was studying at an Academy in Sherborne

This little petit point on wool embroidery just makes me happy

and in 1868 the IOOF voted to establish Degree Lodges of the Daughters of Rebekah

Woman with Fat Rolled Curls, Wonderful Antique Carved Bust three drawer tabletop chest I found this terrific "T"Purchased from a New Hampshire based dealer, I am not certain the origins of this beauty, but presume she's European, and certainly quite old (based on the hairstyle I would guess mid 18th c.), with a patch of what I believe are worm holes on the left side of the bust. I love her not quite symmetrical face, which makes this feel much more like a specific portrait than a generalization, and especially the fat, rolled curls of her hairstyle, which make