SOLD A Present for Esther MClure, Charming Antique Needlepoint Love Token Bookmark barbed wire sculpture The Albany & Schenectady Turnpike

The  Albany & Schenectady Turnpike was established in 1797

and then all the better filled with a nice large lot of small

also known as spellicans

but this postcard takes it to a whole different level

British example at the end of photos

SOLD A Present for Esther MClure, Charming Antique Needlepoint Love Token Bookmark barbed wire sculpture The Albany & Schenectady TurnpikeTotal love for this sweet thing and for the dear girl who made it for her friend Esther MClure (or Esther M Clure?) long ago a gift from both of them to us now, I think. Teeming with earnest affection I'd say, and in addition to each carefully needlepointed letter, I really love that flounce of pink and white silk ribbon just at one edge. Wool yarn embroidery with hand stitched silk ribbon border, sewn to silk ribbon to make a bookmark. Needlepoint