SOLD KING in Spelling, Wonderful 1825 Handmade Reward of Merit deep relief carving at bottom center (though plenty

at bottom center (though plenty of things one could decide this stands for I think

Crack to glass as evident but stable and not moving

And hard to be the terrific color scheme

It is of a nice scale and in a simple antique black painted wooden frame

Clearly it was used

SOLD KING in Spelling, Wonderful 1825 Handmade Reward of Merit deep relief carving at bottom center (though plentyA very early 1825! handmade reward of merit for the spelling King! This makes me purely happy. I'm always on the hunt for early handwritten rewards of merit, but never imagined such a charmer as this. And its small scale makes it seem especially miraculous for it to have survived 200 years; one thinks this speller was very proud of himself! 3 1 4" x 1 1 2". Ink on wove. Surely some fading to the ink and general toning to the paper, but in good