Sculptural Tall 1986 Ball in Cage Whimsy by John Coppess eraser-shaped These were awarded to a

These were awarded to a young "Master Charley Geoppinger" in the late 1870s or so by a couple of different teachers - two of them for a hundred merits

cracks or other issues at all that I can see

They have lost their original box

but what appears to be a refrigerator at far left

I especially the yellow borders and how each card features a mini version of itself in the far corners

Sculptural Tall 1986 Ball in Cage Whimsy by John Coppess eraser-shaped These were awarded to aThis particular form, a long and tall ball in cage feeling as much a modernist sculpture as a whimsy, seems to have been the specialty of John E. Coppess of Sunfield, Michigan, who signed it on the bottom, and by whom I found a very similar whimsy several months ago dated 1975! A quick search reveals that Coppess was born in 1910, so would have been well into his 70s when he carved this one, and I have to imagine making it gave him quite a lot of