Spencerian Penmanship Notebook, c. 1880s, With Good Words, Phrases and Juxtapositions slide wooden blocks Frame: 17 1/8” w x

Frame: 17 1/8” w x 17 1/4” t

Steinbeck-ian sort of saga aspect to it

This pair of agate and 14K gold cufflinks certainly feeds that vision

or to find another set out there

great gestures

Spencerian Penmanship Notebook, c. 1880s, With Good Words, Phrases and Juxtapositions slide wooden blocks Frame: 17 1/8” w xOne of two late 19th c. penmanship notebooks I'm listing today, both recently found in Pennsylvania. There's often one particular page that sells me on one of these in this case it's the page of Hush, Hush, Hush followed by Kink, Kink, Kink! Ah, the resonance of found language. Of course I do like "Delays are Dangerous," "Onward and Upward," Quay combined with Zodiac, and this particular student's hand on Teach, Teach, Finch, Finch, too. 8 9 16" x 7".