For Grandma, Allie's 1878 Pinprick Rockinghorse with Fancy Border and Bows animal carving gouache on paper

gouache on paper

I'm not sure which side of this I like better

which I suggest looking up if you are unfamilar

and still screws on easily and holds tight

For Grandma, Allie's 1878 Pinprick Rockinghorse with Fancy Border and Bows animal carving gouache on paperFor Grandma, from Allie, Christmas 1878: a very carefully pin prick drawn rocking horse, from an era when rocking horses were highly prized creatures! For me this is very much about the whole bright and proud package: the very carefully cut fancy decorative border to the cream board, and to the blue board behind it, and these perfectly tied ribbon bows at the corners, and then the note on the back, too; feels to me like the incarnate of what one (me)