Amish Artist Barbara Ebersole (1846-1922) Lancaster, PA 1878 Ink and Watercolor Fraktur Bookplate penguin figurine laid down one by one

laid down one by one onto a piece of wood

all this to say

affording guests privacy while facilitating communal gathering in the main hotel

and is a very large one

Absolutely the most beautiful example of one of these--typically referred to as Amish puzzle balls or Amish sewing balls--I've ever seen

Amish Artist Barbara Ebersole (1846-1922) Lancaster, PA 1878 Ink and Watercolor Fraktur Bookplate penguin figurine laid down one by oneSometimes it feels like everything that is a known quantity has been found already, run through a google search, and priced according to the highest auction record. But then I have a week where I turn up a few unexpected things. Like this 1879 bookplate by Amish artist Barbara Ebersole (Lancaster County, PA, 1846 1922). Ebersole produced watercolor paintings, needleworks, and birth, marriage and death certificates (significant now also in tracing the