1902 Ledger with Drawing of Distressed Girl! solitude measures 7 3/4" from one

measures 7 3/4" from one end of the handle to the other

One side is silver

This exceptional example features a roughly alternating series figures and elk or deer on both exterior and interior--typically with the animals on the lower half of the basket and the figures (with one arm raised and appearing to sport antlers) above them

Clearly he loved his birds

I imagine this spectacular white glazed

1902 Ledger with Drawing of Distressed Girl! solitude measures 7 3/4" from oneThis ledger is not beautiful it's lost its cover, the paper is fairly brittle, and it's filled only here and there but how could I not save this drawing from the recycling bin??? I'm not exactly sure what is written at the top of that page perhaps Irene T___? but what a face on this one. Otherwise, among the notes in the ledger is a first draft of the services for its owner's "Bill Pasting Co" in Manchester, NY (including bill pasting, bill