Postcard ME-193 New England Homestead

The Old Manse in Concord — Emerson wrote Nature there, and Hawthorne lived in it after. A vintage illustration reprinted on archival paper, 12.5 x 18 in.

The Toppan House in Newburyport, one of the North Shore's more distinctive old homes, from a vintage illustration on archival paper. 12.5 x 18 in.

Forest-green corduroy with a cream letterman "MA" — Massachusetts, not Master of Arts. One size, adjustable back.

A real pansy pressed into clear resin, dark center and all. 1.5 in square and half an inch thick — the smallest of the studies, sized to sit in the palm.

Real hydrangea florets in a hand-polished resin sphere, 2.75 in across. The blue holds — it doesn't brown the way dried flowers do.

A real dandelion seed head caught whole in a resin sphere, seeds held mid-drift. 2.75 in across and heavier than it looks — it's a paperweight, not an ornament.

Blue cloth over board with silver foil, around 160 pages, 6 x 8.5 in. For people who still write addresses down and expect to keep the book.

Six HB cedarwood pencils carrying fig tree oil — green and slightly resinous, more interesting than florals. In a handmade letterpress box; keep it shut between uses or the scent goes. Made in the UK.