and all three lined up in a neat row
or as a cheerful display anywhere--or use them for a party game
with wear to the cover and spine and a lot of smudging to the first inside drawing
) I believe this deck is either French or German
referring to the shape (493) and heigh of the vase (10 cm)
Lewis Betts' 1853 Penmanship Practice Notebook with Great Sentences, Milton MA beveridge pottery vase and all three lined upI'm drawn to different penmanship notebooks for different reasons often for beautiful handwriting, obviously, but also for the specific words and sentences repeated, which both speak to the specific values being imparted to students when they were written, and resonate in all sorts of ways now. This one, completed by a Lewis Betts of Milton, MA in 1853, predates the teaching of Spencerian calligraphy by a few years, so the handwriting is small and not