E.M Goad's Wood, Signed June 5, 1886 ( and May 16, 1884 on Reverse) metal teapot And I love his curls

And I love his curls (a red head I'd bet) and large ears

There is one broken piece of leather

I imagined a cricket or a butterfly or a lightening bug as the "May Friend" this object might welcome and house

I'd think done by a girl fairly early on in developing her embroidery skills

E.M Goad's Wood, Signed June 5, 1886 ( and May 16, 1884 on Reverse) metal teapot And I love his curlsJust an old chunk of wood (i'm terrible identifying woods or I would identify it!) but surely it had some special significance to E. M Goad, and I sure love the way he proudly lettered his name in graphite, which makes it feel significant to me, too. Significant too for having endured just shy of 140 years (or 142 if one goes by the May 16, 1884 written on the reverse) to be found now. And then there is "Goad" itself, a great word, the original