Ann S. Bedell Fraktur Portrait AND 1851 Marriage Certificate with Hair Locks ballantine This is hands down no

This is hands down no contest the most beautiful stacking toy I've ever seen

who was the importer and distributor for these wares in NYC

I don't think later than that

based on the skill of the carving

winged demons and serpents at bottom

Ann S. Bedell Fraktur Portrait AND 1851 Marriage Certificate with Hair Locks ballantine This is hands down noLast week it was an Esther whose 19th century watercolor self portrait I feel in love with, this week it is Ann Bedell, portrayed in this wonderful mid 19th century ink Fraktur drawing. I found it along with her wedding certificate from 1851, which it seems right to keep with it, especially as it includes braided lock of Ann's dark hair, along with a lock from her husband William Gay. The two were married in the town of New Baltimore, Green County,