On Writing, Marvelous Early 19th C. Ink Drawing with Poem in Period Frame tie holder The hand-colored lithograph on the

The hand-colored lithograph on the front of the slide top box holding this parquetry set reads "The Art of Parqueter" across the top and then "Chinese Puzzle" below

and perhaps _ in Venezia (Venice) after that

and some wear to the paint on hats and legs

I am not about to break them up now so am selling as a set

Its prior owner seems to have added an extra underline under BIG and a couple of extra exclamation points at the end--and also to have banged it around some and sliced it a few times with a blade

On Writing, Marvelous Early 19th C. Ink Drawing with Poem in Period Frame tie holder The hand-colored lithograph on theThis one, I deeply feel, was meant to pass through my hands and I'd be quite content to have it stay in them, I love it so much, but I'd really love it to find its way to a true writer, as what could be better than this marvelous bird hung above one's writing desk, delivering daily inspiration? Early 19th century American, I believe, and found in Maine, black ink on what I believe is wove paper. A few words elude me but for the most part the poem is