Tiny Buzzing Bees at Hive, Partial But Very Charming Early 19th Century Album Amicorum Needlepoint handmade puzzle in box 25+ entries in a mix

25+ entries in a mix of ink and graphite--a good number of them but not all documented

and scratch made from tin

but I'm not entirely sure what mix of dried herbs and flowers it is in the others--but they smell good

with the center hexagon of each featuring a tiny ink/watercolor drawing

modular in scale

Tiny Buzzing Bees at Hive, Partial But Very Charming Early 19th Century Album Amicorum Needlepoint handmade puzzle in box 25+ entries in a mixI am guessing that this small, very fine (impossibly so!) needlepoint was once part of an early 19th century German "Album Amicorum" or friendship book a collection of small mementos from friends and family (watercolors, drawings, handwritten messages, and often small needlepoints) of a certain size, housed in a special box. Clearly, much of the paper square it was once mounted to, with gold foil border, is gone but I was so completely taken with the