but I think I've secured it snugly (it pops over his shoulders then secures with a pin at the center of his back that folds down
but completely charming I think
The wear is pretty even all over
describing setting out with hope and resolve and culminating in "The Sailor's Return" ("Now safe returned from danger's past / with joy I hail the shore
I love every inch of this so much
1890 McLoughlin Golden Eagle Anagrams (Earliest Known Set) small plate but I think I've securedA rare survivor, this I believe is, technically, the first set of Anagrams produced Milton Bradley produced a a game called "Words and Sentences" in 1885 with similar cardboard letters, but I believe McLoughlin coined the name "anagrams" with this, its first set, and copyrighted it. (Reference: The New York Historical Society). I've been on a scrabble tear lately, which these certainly laid the groundwork for, but much easier not to carry around a