Deborah Dunning's 1840-1844 Book of Hand-written Poetry, etc. girl ice fishing I just love the look

I just love the look of this old sap bucket

A little paint loss on the handles and one of the sides of the handle stands just a little shy of straight up and down

In pencil on the back of is a notation of its location: 98 Hawthorne Avenue in Yorkers

but still holding on (I think perhaps with the assist of a little glue added between it and the glass at some point) and the bottom half

but definitely has smeared some

Deborah Dunning's 1840-1844 Book of Hand-written Poetry, etc. girl ice fishing I just love the lookI can't not rescue things like this, to ensure they are shepherded into the future one way or another. I believe the owner was a Deborah Dunning, who was responsible for writing many of the poems in it, with contributions as well from other Dunnings and friends. Much of the content relates to friendship, and also farewells of various sorts, with plenty about God, and nature, and marriage, and death, too. One page features the names of Deborah Dunning