SOLD 1817-18 Hand-painted Rewards of Merit with Watercolors and Incredible Hand-sewn Mends robed figurine or whoever accepted it in

or whoever accepted it in lieu of 5 cents

and to my eye just exquisite

and in my experience its pretty rare to find an original set of these together actually spelling a word

it is just beautiful

6 3/8" x 3 3/8"

SOLD 1817-18 Hand-painted Rewards of Merit with Watercolors and Incredible Hand-sewn Mends robed figurine or whoever accepted it inI am COMPLETELY in love with these, and especially the top one in the first photo, with this marvelous watercolor border, fabulous urn of flowers watercolor on reverse, and the most incredible hand sewn mending I've ever seen. Just look at that! All these tiny tiny cream thread stitches that repaired two tears long long ago, telling us that this was a very very prized reward of merit indeed! It is a bit ironic that someone more recently decided a