Embossed: (Dome) Letter (F-skirt) PATENT / DEC 19 1871 (R - skirt) PATENT / MAY 2 1893 The embossing appears handwritten, which is what I'm assuming is called Script. The A in MAY has no bar, and the 9 in1893 looks more like a C, as the loop is not complete. I think my friends camera may have been set on macro, so it's hard to see in the pics. There is a bruise behind the DEC 19 embossing, but there is no glass missing, and a flea bite here or there. These peice books for 5 - 10, but I'm not sure if that includes the embossing "errors", so I' m going to ask $21 shipped. Thanks!! Meaghan