Tiny Buzzing Bees at Hive, Partial But Very Charming Early 19th Century Album Amicorum Needlepoint handmade puzzle in box but I'm not entirely sure

but I'm not entirely sure what mix of dried herbs and flowers it is in the others--but they smell good

and scratch made from tin

with the center hexagon of each featuring a tiny ink/watercolor drawing

25+ entries in a mix of ink and graphite--a good number of them but not all documented

Tiny Buzzing Bees at Hive, Partial But Very Charming Early 19th Century Album Amicorum Needlepoint handmade puzzle in box but I'm not entirely sureI am guessing that this small, very fine (impossibly so!) needlepoint was once part of an early 19th century German "Album Amicorum" or friendship book a collection of small mementos from friends and family (watercolors, drawings, handwritten messages, and often small needlepoints) of a certain size, housed in a special box. Clearly, much of the paper square it was once mounted to, with gold foil border, is gone but I was so completely taken with the