Your Teacher is Glad to Commend You...Curious JH Adair 1905 Tombstone Drawing with Cross, and Crown vintage needlework I purchased it from a

I purchased it from a favorite shop in Vermont--a beautifully curated and arranged sprawling trove of treasures--and know it came from an old private collection in the U

11" t x 2 3/4" wide and deep at base

Some wear to the lacquer around the edges on the sides

which I purchased from a great dealer I buy from regularly

and there are traces of old glue on the bottom of the feet

Your Teacher is Glad to Commend You...Curious JH Adair 1905 Tombstone Drawing with Cross, and Crown vintage needlework I purchased it from aOne of two final drawings today by a young J. H Adair of Spring Grove, PA, c. 1905, which I purchased together this one the most curious of the bunch. Looks to me like our young J. H has drawn his own tombstone here death by Sunday school??? I'n not entirely sure, but love the cross and crown and vines and dove flying heavenward and the implication that prompt attendance and good lessons would be the sum of one's greatest achievements! And then on the