Early Odd Fellows Shaking Hands Good Luck Horseshoe carved ivory but I find it exactly

but I find it exactly right--conveying the quiet beauty and also isolation of winter without a brushstroke more than is needed

Sampler itself measures 4" x 2 5/6"

In pencil is written what appears to be "coquetier"

layer by layer--but this is the first wedding basket I've found

One one side is

Early Odd Fellows Shaking Hands Good Luck Horseshoe carved ivory but I find it exactlyI believe this Odd Fellows horseshoe once read Luck along the bottom, but somehow (it would seem it was deliberately) the Luck piece is gone. Thus, it feels more as if carrying a message of good citizenship and friendship, which is certainly more within one's control! It seems there have been multiple iterations of good luck horseshoes of a similar ilk, but I believe this is an early one, late 19th very early 20th c, painted cast iron I believe, gold