1848 Handwritten Ledger Page with Fraktur Watercolor Bird, in Period Grain Painted Frame steel lock Some light stains and age

Some light stains and age toning as pictured but the paper is very strong

very minor

and most definitely if I found toothpaste being sold in a great looking ceramic jar I would most certainly scoop it right up--as someone else did with this at more than 100 years ago

and looks to me rather smitten with Miss Elsie

1848 Handwritten Ledger Page with Fraktur Watercolor Bird, in Period Grain Painted Frame steel lock Some light stains and ageThis bird! It tweeted to me directly, refusing to let me leave it behind! And what a marvelous bird it is, pencil drawn then painted in super bright pink and yellow, with blue spots on the wings and for tail feathers. Its open beak points up toward the accounting of a William Glendining dated July 11, 1848, with amounts due for services including taking in wheat, cutting oats, and thrashing; costs for items including oats, cider, potatoes, various