Pawson, Dunton & Scribner's 1875 Penmanship Practice Notebook, Completed by CJ Fisk east boston and hand-painted

and hand-painted

what I especially love about the horse and figure both are all of the different postures they can be manipulated into

It features wonderfully detailed depictions of interior scenes

This terrific vintage set of round stacking blocks on post would be a great gift for a child

Members of the family became prominent in politics

Pawson, Dunton & Scribner's 1875 Penmanship Practice Notebook, Completed by CJ Fisk east boston and hand-paintedSo many different penmanship practice notebooks to enjoy for different reasons. This one was all about mastering individual letters and the proper slant of them, hence a whole page of "oo"s (finally becoming a whole page of "noon"s) and "aa"s,"cc"s "vv"s, etc., reading like fields of abstract mark making, which I find quite beautiful. And "ruin" repeated a hundred or so times feels especially poignant. 24 p + cover : 5 3 4" x 7". Good condition, with