19th Century Iroquois Beaded Silk and Linen Frame with Pair of Squirrels (tintype not included) Russian stockinette doll there are a couple of

there are a couple of dark stains to the top

As you can see

near black

is missing a couple of pages as front

that it is a “Shutter dog”— made to hold a shutter open (“dog” being an Old English term for fastener)

19th Century Iroquois Beaded Silk and Linen Frame with Pair of Squirrels (tintype not included) Russian stockinette doll there are a couple ofIt is the two squirrels with black eyes and bushy tails facing each other at the top corners of this antique beaded frame that completely sold me on it uncommon and just wonderful. And while I don't always love Iroquois Mohawk beadwork made for the tourist market around Niagara Falls, this is I think a very fine and lovely and relatively early example (c. 1860s 80s I believe) and frames are pretty rare to find. Just right, and just the right size for