Testimony of Approbation for Maralyn, Unusual Early 19th Century Letterpress Reward of Merit gold and black box I love its roughness and

I love its roughness and the darkness of the clay body

and for the fact that Fancher did the same exercises over and over

evoking clouds or landscape--but also making it feel a bit as if the planes were floating over

turning it in to a sort of architectural tower

then a handful of details

Testimony of Approbation for Maralyn, Unusual Early 19th Century Letterpress Reward of Merit gold and black box I love its roughness andI've become quite attentive to rewards of merit, specifically hunting for early and unusual ones, handmade or otherwise rare and special. This one I found in Maine, purchased from a dealer from whom I recently purchased several others, those, awarded to a Polly Este, from the 1820s, and I believe this one, expressing approbation for a young Maralyn, from about then too. The irregular cut of the paper combined with armillary sphere and letterpress