Mary Helen King's Wonderful "Hard Word Dictionary" with Hand-written Definitions and Drawings, 1940 queen breeder with a small square cutout

with a small square cutout for hanging

so perhaps he was modeled after one of those--this guy painted chalkware

at least some original to the making and all of a piece with it

I found in it Massachusetts and it wouldn't surprise me to learn the house and site depicted was in Gloucester or Rockport on Cape Ann

This "bowl of treasures" design apparently first appeared in the 16th century

Mary Helen King's Wonderful "Hard Word Dictionary" with Hand-written Definitions and Drawings, 1940 queen breeder with a small square cutoutThis one arrived in the mail when I really needed some cheering up, and a cheer up it delivered and continues to deliver every time I look at it. I wish I had the pleasure to know the Mary Helen King who created it how not to like a girl who took it upon herself to create a "Hard Word Dictionary"? And the fact that she was not a terribly accomplished draw er did not slow her down, except when it came to "Monkey," where, in lieu of an illustration, she