Wonderful c. 1860s Mounted Albumen Photographof Girl on Rocking Horse shot glass This is just a little

This is just a little thing--2 1/4 inches tall--but if there were ever the perfect little stand for displaying tiny little things

I've searched and searched and can't find another watercolor set quite like this one

There are times when I am simply incapable of not buying something

I'm honestly not sure if this key was made for a giant lock or as a trade sign of sorts

Wonderful c. 1860s Mounted Albumen Photographof Girl on Rocking Horse shot glass This is just a littleA beauty of an early photograph I think, and an iconic feeling one too, to my eye all the better for the toning of the image resulting from living most of its life with an oval mat over top, which makes it feel as if spied through a scope. I've found there is quite a bit out there written about rocking horses, which, though once the purview of the wealthy, by the mid 19th century, with the increasing prosperity brought on by the Industrial Revolution,