Alton Bay, NH Wildflowers, Super Sweet and Lovely Antique Handmade Mini Herbarium A.A. Burnstine This gathering basket I believe

This gathering basket I believe dates to the 1920s-30s or so

enough to fill a very large bowl or trencher or basket

with what almost look like lightening bolts flanking them on all sides

and the two arches at top

Probably the machinist had some sort of acid used for cleaning and preparing metal on his fingers and some got on the brass

Alton Bay, NH Wildflowers, Super Sweet and Lovely Antique Handmade Mini Herbarium A.A. Burnstine This gathering basket I believeThe sweetest thing. I love an herbarium, but this little one, entirely handmade, makes me especially happy with the title on the cover telling us that the twelve pressed flowers inside were all gathered around Alton Bay, New Hampshire a 4 mile long cove of Lake Winnipesaukee, at the southernmost point on the lake. The small scale is part of what makes it great, with perfectly selected, singular little specimens that fit the pages just right, and then