Many Little Drawings by George R. Peare and Family, Lynn, MA, 1870s-80s hand-painted metal box with a few minor losses

with a few minor losses to the carved decoration that I don't think detract a bit

complete with a trophy exactly at the center

which looks to me a mix of hopeful and lonely

The wood is well worn with some cracking

Longer whimsy measures 10 1/8" l x 15/16" wide and deep

Many Little Drawings by George R. Peare and Family, Lynn, MA, 1870s-80s hand-painted metal box with a few minor lossesTotal joy than finding a plastic sleeve this week in Vermont stuffed with all of these: several loose drawings of sailing ships, several hand stitched little booklets of drawings, and an 1873 letter from George R. Peare of Lynn, MA to his wife, with some doodles on the back of that, too. I've found a record for Peare (born 1847 in Nova Scotia; died 1912, Lynn MA) which makes me believe the majority of these drawings were done by his children, rather