text_original: This was most elaborately decorated with beads—as I thought at first—but it proved to be pins with coloured glass heads. Lengthwise down the anchor was this inscription, carried out in large white headed pins, "AFFECTION'S OFFERING."
text_transcription: THIS WAS MOST ELABORATELY DECORATED WITH BEADS AS I THOUGHT AT FIRST BUT IT PROVED TO BE PINS WITH COLOURED GLASS HEADS LENGTHWISE DOWN THE ANCHOR WAS THIS INSCRIPTION CARRIED OUT IN LARGE WHITE HEADED PINS AFFECTION'S OFFERING
phonemes: ðɪs wʌz mˈoʊst ᵻlˈæbɚɹˌeɪtli dˈɛkɚɹˌeɪɾᵻd wɪð bˈiːdz—æz aɪ θˈɔːt æt fˈɜːst—bˌʌt ɪt pɹˈuːvd təbi pˈɪnz wɪð kˈʌlɚd ɡlˈæs hˈɛdz. lˈɛŋθwaɪz dˌaʊn ðɪ ˈæŋkɚ wʌz ðɪs ɪnskɹˈɪpʃən, kˈæɹid ˈaʊt ɪn lˈɑːɹdʒ wˈaɪt hˈɛdᵻd pˈɪnz, "ɐfˈɛkʃənz ˈɔfɚɹɪŋ."