19th Century Rewards of Merit Group 3 (Blank and Ready to Use!) antique cut paper work with framed out window and

with framed out window and slide opening back

Square(ish) boxes measures 3 7/8" x 3 7/8" x 3 5/8" t

I have found just a couple of other old carved folk art monkeys with a similar construction--seated like this

Cards measure approx 3 1/2" x 2 3/8"

and what wonderfully painted wood on that stool)

19th Century Rewards of Merit Group 3 (Blank and Ready to Use!) antique cut paper work with framed out window andThe existence of rewards of merit makes me glad, given from teachers to students to affirm their good efforts, as does the fact that people saved them. Last weekend I found a large collection of them in a box in Midcoast Maine quite a nice variety of them, which I've divided into three groups, all listed today. The ones in this group were never filled in with the names of students, so I thought nice to group together, as one could fill them in and