Italy: Gorgeous c. 1840 Ink and Watercolor Hand-drawn Map vintage spokeshave with a bit of loss

with a bit of loss here and there to those

while he has a bit of a Tin Woodsman character

" made well into the 20th century and used to separate rice grains from husks

with their sculptural forms and interesting color palettes—and the surface of these is wonderfully alligatored to boot

but based on the color

Italy: Gorgeous c. 1840 Ink and Watercolor Hand-drawn Map vintage spokeshave with a bit of lossI forever have an eye out for hand drawn maps of all sorts, and especially ink and watercolor ones of this ilk, which I believe were done in school as part of geography class (can you imagine?!) These (this is one of five I am listing) I purchased from a seller near to me in Massachusetts, who dates them to 1840 or so based on a map of the United States done by the same person, which included Texas Territory (Texas became a state in 1845). To me these