Lewis Betts' 1853 Penmanship Practice Notebook with Great Sentences, Milton MA beveridge pottery vase with a fascinating history of

with a fascinating history of service as carrier pigeons

) I believe this deck is either French or German

which now shows as sort of a putty color

with wear to the cover and spine and a lot of smudging to the first inside drawing

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 with a fascinating history ofI'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