1907 Postmarked Envelop with Graphite Drawings All Over ethel esme church Gilt brass with black enamel

Gilt brass with black enamel

And that radiant red and gold apple in what I take for a Chinese porcelain bowl is

And one reverse

held in the San Diego State University Library Special Collections

1907 Postmarked Envelop with Graphite Drawings All Over ethel esme church Gilt brass with black enamelSmall pleasures, of the sort one finds digging through an old pile of paper, are my favorite kind. Like this lenvelop, postmarked 1907, with graphite sketches all over both sides birds and tree and nest and umbrella and cork screw and saw and more. A charming, happy little thing. And with a really great face on one of those birds! 5 3 8" x 3 3 8" and in good condition.