Abraham Schultz 1858 Fraktur Drawing of Birds, Fish, Squirrel draughts I really love the surface

I really love the surface

The handle is marked "Warranteed Secure"

overall 3 3/8" wide

where I shot it propped up with a little space behind it

Checkerboard drawing measures 5 15/16" x 4 7/16"

Abraham Schultz 1858 Fraktur Drawing of Birds, Fish, Squirrel draughts I really love the surfaceTo my eye, this is about as good as it gets, perhaps the tail of that blue squirrel most of all! and a perfect example of why fraktur style ink and watercolors are such cherished and collected things. On the reverse it is signed by a David Schultz in blue ink and dated 1860 (along with numbers running 1 9 first forwards then backwards) suggesting perhaps that its maker was in fact David and perhaps that it was made to mark the birth or life of