On hold Francess D. Fish's 1874 Hand-drawn Watercolor Map of Ireland antique miniature playing cards Useful for stashing all sorts

Useful for stashing all sorts of things -- which is how I used it yesterday

Very substantial and with a gorgeous patina

with the shoreline behind him

There was pretty much no way I could leave this behind once I had seen it

but whatever the case I like thinking of these as representing a couple

On hold Francess D. Fish's 1874 Hand-drawn Watercolor Map of Ireland antique miniature playing cards Useful for stashing all sortsI'm forever in search of lovely old hand drawn maps, just like this one of Ireland, done by a Francess D. Fish in 1874, in the days when drawing such a beautiful map as this would have been school work. At the bottom is a handwritten comment by an instructor affirming Francess' accomplishment: "very nicely and carefully drawn." Indeed! Quite a feat to pack in all these counties and cities and towns and mountains and rivers too. Ink with watercolor