HOPE, Amazing 1839 Hand-beaded-on-Every-Surface Folk Art Needle Book + Pin Keep easter basket or playing games with

or playing games with

This is just about my favorite antique child's cup I've ever seen

but great just for whatever

5 1/2" l x 4 3/8" W X 2" t and in good and sturdy shape

Made with black ink

HOPE, Amazing 1839 Hand-beaded-on-Every-Surface Folk Art Needle Book + Pin Keep easter basket or playing games withTotal delight finding this one, purchased from a seller in Arizona, whose mother was an avid antique collector. I've been keeping an eagle eye out for early beaded needle books since finding a marvelous one with a house and the phrase "remember me" on it months ago these types of examples, hand beaded with tiny tiny glass seed beads, date to the first half of the 19th century and are scarce but now this is the third I've turned up. And what a charmer