To Be Kept for Betsy...Antique Ribbon with Sequined, Metallic Thread Embroidered Stars 1940s italian but I think basically translating

but I think basically translating to mean a page cast) along the bottom

lending some shimmer

I always grab old wood and bevelled glass hand mirrors when I find them--I think they're just great objects

because I've found documentation of a few decks out there produced by Maclure

and owl for sure

To Be Kept for Betsy...Antique Ribbon with Sequined, Metallic Thread Embroidered Stars 1940s italian but I think basically translatingThis one is of the sort that I just find it impossible not to become the caretaker of, for a bit or forever such a sucker I am for a handwritten note expressing concern about the future of a handmade, sentimental thing! The note as I read it instructs the recipient to keep these for Betsy "put new ribbon on three stars, and when Betsy graduates, if she lives (!), she can wear her ganmo's (I take this as a grandmother's nickname) three stars given to