made as a gift by an Emma to someone in 1903
but didn't know anything about it
(The only think I turned up is Hawthorne's Young Goodman Brown set in Salem
together giving this sweet pup some real tooth
keeps jumping back and forth in an infinite and unknowable loop
SOLD Siege of Antwerp (1584) Fire Boats, Striking Mounted c. 1783 Bookplate Engraving sphere shaped box made as a gift byNumerous finds today relating to fire, and water, and this one bridges the gap an 18th century engraving, copperplate print I believe, of "fire boats,"which were built and fielded by the defending Dutch rebels in the Siege of Antwerp, part of the Eight Years War against the Habsburgs. From what I understand, these ships, which functioned essentially as floating bombs, did immense damage, and have since been described as an early form of weapons of