Polly Este's Rewards of Merit, Southborough, MA, 1827! mosaic tiles including a peacock

including a peacock

I'll include the board they were stored with (the blue and gray and white pictured) in case of use

the complete set  included slatted bases that functioned as stands for the figures

There is one small stain to the needlepoint center

easy to miss at first

Polly Este's Rewards of Merit, Southborough, MA, 1827! mosaic tiles including a peacockIt'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