I usually leave old stuffed animals to the experts as I know next to nothing about them
Late 19th century Shaker I am fairly certain
Some aging/rusting to the surface of the tin
The color on the card is as bright as if printed yesterday
which I am only noticing in detail photos
Jacob A. Paul's 1838 Ghent, NY Penmanship Practice Book small fan I usually leave old stuffedI've had a number of British earlyish 19th century penmanship practice notebooks in the shop but this is the first American one, of a Jacob A. Paul I believe, of Ghent, NY, dated 1838. And it is quite different from the British in construction with a simple un dyed pulp paper cover, hand stitched binding, and then pages of various colors inside pink, green, yellow, some quite brilliant in tone. And no fraktur type headers here just page after page