Testimony of Approbation for Maralyn, Unusual Early 19th Century Letterpress Reward of Merit elm city national bank approx 4 1/8" x 2

approx 4 1/8" x 2 3/8"

Pennsylvania folk art watercolor in rich brown and pink--colors made I think not from pigments in a watercolor set

The proportions are wonderful

and all the more so with 70 or so years on it

The tiles are wooden

Testimony of Approbation for Maralyn, Unusual Early 19th Century Letterpress Reward of Merit elm city national bank approx 4 1/8" x 2I've become quite attentive to rewards of merit, specifically hunting for early and unusual ones, handmade or otherwise rare and special. This one I found in Maine, purchased from a dealer from whom I recently purchased several others, those, awarded to a Polly Este, from the 1820s, and I believe this one, expressing approbation for a young Maralyn, from about then too. The irregular cut of the paper combined with armillary sphere and letterpress