Hell, Lancaster Country, PA, US of America, Poignant 1902 Handwritten Envelop antique English china and the wood framing it

and the wood framing it is really beautiful

Some tears to the paper as evident and documented

while the back of the right one would force one to sit up very straight

with the Jack of Clubs featuring the Gatteaux mark on shield

simplified animal sculptures--a couple examples of which I've included at end of photos--which are quite distinct from most other Inuit carvings

Hell, Lancaster Country, PA, US of America, Poignant 1902 Handwritten Envelop antique English china and the wood framing itI bought this one this summer in Pennsylvania, but pulled it out now because Pennsylvania, as the swingiest of swing states, is very much on all of our minds (and being courted relentlessly) and so an envelope addressed to Hell, Lancaster County, PA, US of America, seems especially poignant! I find the handwriting itself pretty poetic too. Postmarked 1902, and also rather poignantly mailed from Russia, it appears. 5 5 8" x 3 1 8". and in good