Super Rare c. 1796 Hieroglyphic Bible for the Amusement & Instruction of Children (some losses) polyhedron I also love how intrepid

I also love how intrepid she looks

fairly sturdy condition

but when I purchased this one at an antiques store in New Hampshire was told that with bristles this long it is actually a clothes brush

as shown in detail photo

and gold trim around the edges matching the gold trim on the  embroidery

Super Rare c. 1796 Hieroglyphic Bible for the Amusement & Instruction of Children (some losses) polyhedron I also love how intrepidI didn't know about "hieroglyphic bibles" produced in the late 1700s and making use of the rebus form (pictures replacing some of the words) as a means of introducing children to bible reading. The rarest, and first American version of these (only 4 copies are known to exist) was A Curious Hieroglyphic Bible published by Isaiah Thomas in 1788 in Worcester, MA, cited by the Library of Congress in 2012 as one of 88 "Books That Shaped America." This is