Lot 34: Scherenschnitte Paper Token

$690.00

Lot 34: Scherenschnitte Paper Token

$690.00

Estimate: $500 – $700

Small framed 19th c. eight-sided paper friendship token, light blue and white paper with interwoven hair locks, with interwoven four-line poem “May these loved names in every line, Their memory be in friendship twine, and ever present if far or near, around my heart ever dear.”, “Martha W. Williams, Laura A. Williams, Harriet Perkins and Harriet L. Bidwell.”; (one time folded to form a heart), early double sided frame in old red, 3 1/4″ sq (sight), 6 1/4″ sq” (frame); exhibited “Ordinary Folks, Extraordinary Art”, MacCulloch Hall Historical Museum, Morristown, NJ, Aug. 2001-Jan. 2002; (ex. Fertig collection).

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Scherenschnitte Paper Token