Deborah Dunning's 1840-1844 Book of Hand-written Poetry, etc. girl ice fishing This wonderful little solid brass

This wonderful little solid brass duck lives most happily on a desk

A little paint loss on the handles and one of the sides of the handle stands just a little shy of straight up and down

and for the way our elusive subject is turned away from us and forever veiled behind her beaded screen

scattered water stains on the surface

The shape of the whole is really pretty great

Deborah Dunning's 1840-1844 Book of Hand-written Poetry, etc. girl ice fishing This wonderful little solid brassI can't not rescue things like this, to ensure they are shepherded into the future one way or another. I believe the owner was a Deborah Dunning, who was responsible for writing many of the poems in it, with contributions as well from other Dunnings and friends. Much of the content relates to friendship, and also farewells of various sorts, with plenty about God, and nature, and marriage, and death, too. One page features the names of Deborah Dunning