Latitia Heston's Thrice Handed Down Miniature Ink and Watercolor Map of Europe with Handwritten Provenence Envelope Frederick Hurten Rhead in original Pocket Signal Disk

in original Pocket Signal Disk envelope

with curled tail ending in an arrow to match its arrow of a tongue

seeming poised to start flapping and carry it away--and

heavy and substantial in hand

Latitia Heston's Thrice Handed Down Miniature Ink and Watercolor Map of Europe with Handwritten Provenence Envelope Frederick Hurten Rhead in original Pocket Signal DiskThis is the sort of thing that breaks my heart and makes me glad to be human. Just over 2 inches in diameter, it is a tiny ink and watercolor map of Europe on paper, done with extreme care (can you imagine?) by a Latitia Heston, mid 19th century or so, who signed her name to the reverse, following a verse, that indicates it was made as a token of friendship: In all the varying scene Which fate or fortune send When distance intervene Remind thee of a