19th Century Rewards of Merit Group 3 (Blank and Ready to Use!) antique cut paper work Carved folk art pipes like

Carved folk art pipes like this make me long for the days when pipe smoking was common

but earnest ones like this really win me

I think the face and hair of this girl is just fantastic

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

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

19th Century Rewards of Merit Group 3 (Blank and Ready to Use!) antique cut paper work Carved folk art pipes likeThe 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