Polly Este's Rewards of Merit, Southborough, MA, 1827! mosaic tiles it's really a pretty great

it's really a pretty great object

making the subjects feel so present and right there

the complete set  included slatted bases that functioned as stands for the figures

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

easy to miss at first

Polly Este's Rewards of Merit, Southborough, MA, 1827! mosaic tiles it's really a pretty greatIt'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