1840s Boxed German Album Amicorum with Many Lovelies good shepherd retablo they have a darker stain

they have a darker stain starting about a third of the way down the handles

I couldn't resist them

whose got quite a power walker's stride

9 1/8" x 7 1/2"

head and two paws raised as if begging you for a treat

1840s Boxed German Album Amicorum with Many Lovelies good shepherd retablo they have a darker stainI only recently learned about album amicorum (Latin for "book of friends") or liber amicorum, a European manuscript tradition, beginning in the 16ht century, where individualsoften students, scholars, or aristocratscollected signatures, poems, illustrations, and in this case embroideries, from friends, colleagues, and notable figures. A sort of precursor to the Victorian autograph album, but these were comprised of loose pieces, collected over time,