Most Perfect Block Letters Alphabet Scarf with Polka Dot Border pale blue glazed MA in 1879 and buried

MA in 1879 and buried in Stonington

Paper is a bit brittle

which make it seems look as if a creature of the water

Clearly someone really cherished these

with one little page inside for needles

Most Perfect Block Letters Alphabet Scarf with Polka Dot Border pale blue glazed MA in 1879 and buriedThe dealer friend I purchased this from bought it years ago from Paula Rubenstein's shop in NYC; he paid a fair bit for it, and I did too, but it struck me as a completely perfect thing and I just couldn't walk away from it. (And I'll be glad to keep it for myself forever.) As a lover of letters, and alphabet blocks (and alphabet samplers, and antique spellers, and printed textiles, etc. etc.) and polka dots, too! for me it brings many things together