Polly Este's Rewards of Merit, Southborough, MA, 1827! mosaic tiles including a peacock

including a peacock

I found a very potent image of a Civil War soldier several weeks ago

and a split in the bottom

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

Polly Este's Rewards of Merit, Southborough, MA, 1827! mosaic tiles including a peacockIt'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