Most Wonderful 19th C. Miniature Penny Rug/Candle Mat with Hearts Everywhere coiled grass or perhaps filling with peppercorns

or perhaps filling with peppercorns to scoop out as needed

Feels to me like the sort of bunny that's creatively plotting surprises in the shadows

Nice and moody

a few of them straight out of a marvelous West Coast collection of folk/self-taught/outsider art

Most Wonderful 19th C. Miniature Penny Rug/Candle Mat with Hearts Everywhere coiled grass or perhaps filling with peppercornsI purchased this one at an antiques show in Maine from a dealer who had had it in her personal collection for many years, brining it out for the first time, I think just for me! It came as no surprise to me to learn that her field of greatest focus and expertise has been early pen wipes; if there were ever a candle mat that felt very close kin to a precious early pen wipe, I think this would be it. And if there were ever a thing constructed in the