1840s Boxed German Album Amicorum with Many Lovelies portrait of boy and dog 8 5/8 t at tail

8 5/8 t at tail and in very good condition

I am pretty certain these wonderful hand-painted turned wooden pins or skittles are French and that they date to the 1920s or so

as is our Athena in profile

and  especially this wonderful black dog at her side with tongue hanging out

sent to a Master Raymond Lorimer from and L

1840s Boxed German Album Amicorum with Many Lovelies portrait of boy and dog 8 5/8 t at tailI only recently learned about album amicorum (Latin for "book of friends") or liber amicorum, a European manuscript tradition, beginning in the 16ht century, where individualsoften students, scholars, or aristocratscollected signatures, poems, illustrations, and in this case embroideries, from friends, colleagues, and notable figures. A sort of precursor to the Victorian autograph album, but these were comprised of loose pieces, collected over time,