Colton's 1872 Geography Primer with Excellent Endpaper Drawing of Two Ships art without intent this early penmanship notebook

this early penmanship notebook

through the course of photographing him I discovered he's quite a good one for posing

high-gloss Japanese Natsume--or tea caddy--is not an antique

) And the series of needlepoint borders show off more of its maker’s skills

43/4" t x 1 1/4" x 1 1/4"

Colton's 1872 Geography Primer with Excellent Endpaper Drawing of Two Ships art without intent this early penmanship notebookMy habit of opening old school books to check their endpages for drawings is a habit I think I will maintain until my dying day and it will always hold a sense of excitement for me. Even more exciting to open one and find a full page drawing there! (And one could draw some conclusions from them too in my experience, often the best are found in geography books, which seem particularly to have set young minds to imagine setting sail to distant lands and