Cottage and Scissors, Sketchbook Drawing by Emma Ackerley, Sing Sing New York, 1870 cast bronze birds and abstract shapes that

birds and abstract shapes that read like fanciful handles of long thin swords) I’d bet are one of a kind

And along these same lines

I've found a few other snuff boxes like this that portray humorous scenes

though I might just find a good spot to lean it

Cottage and Scissors, Sketchbook Drawing by Emma Ackerley, Sing Sing New York, 1870 cast bronze birds and abstract shapes thatPlenty of foxing and stains on this old sketchbook page of drawings done by one Emma Ackerley in 1870, but I love the drawings so much theres no way I could pass it by, and I find this combo of cottage with green tile roof and open scissors below strangely satisfying. Great details too, especially the shutters and curtains of the cottage, points on the picket fence, and tiny little pump out front. Signed not once but three times by our Emma, dated