Polly Este's Rewards of Merit, Southborough, MA, 1827! mosaic tiles There is one small stain

There is one small stain to the needlepoint center

I found a very potent image of a Civil War soldier several weeks ago

including a peacock

easy to miss at first

NC framer on back) I believe was done by a Dennis Martin (who signed a second drawing I found this one alongside

Polly Este's Rewards of Merit, Southborough, MA, 1827! mosaic tiles There is one small stainIt's a rare day that I come across a reward of merit or three as early as these, and even less frequently do I come across an entirely handmade one. Clearly Polly Este, or someone who loved her, was proud of her accomplishments, managing to keep these safe and sound and together for just about 200 years. I have a definitive record for Polly, born Aug. 30, 1818 in Southborough, Massachusetts, daughter of Solomon Este. She married Henry Sumner Wheeler