R.F Burham's 1831 Poem to Miss A. Esty with Circular Writing Expression of Love! United States Ceramic Tile Company Perhaps there are a few

Perhaps there are a few pine needles on the lid that have broken near the ends such that the tips are visible

with one dark area on one side of the exterior

or whether the peg with bird on top was devised to give flourish to the winning player's triumphant final move

1930 and never used

R.F Burham's 1831 Poem to Miss A. Esty with Circular Writing Expression of Love! United States Ceramic Tile Company Perhaps there are a fewI purchased this dated 1831, Hartland, Vermont from a favorite rare book seller in Maine, the source of many manuscript treasures. It is the circular writing at bottom right here that made this impossible for me to walk away from I can't remember if and when I've seen another example along these lines, and just find it fascinating and magical, too, writing in circles, a little world of words. And it seems to me it is there, in this small sphere of