Harriet's 1836 Penmanship Notebook Turned 1839-40 Scrapbook austrian postcard Box missing one edge and

Box missing one edge and while the lid will slide in on top without the right edge it does not hold secured

stamped on the reverse

The carving is just fantastic

an update to "Nane" on all things notable:   "I have a transparent slate - I can draw some pictures on it

but it is a bit hard to tell now

Harriet's 1836 Penmanship Notebook Turned 1839-40 Scrapbook austrian postcard Box missing one edge andOn one hand I'm sad to see much of the beautiful penmanship in this 1836 notebook covered up, but on the other hand I love its having been repurposed as a scrapbook a few years later including for how that reminds use that perfect penmanship was nothing special! Lots of layers of information embedded here, with rich juxtapositions both content wise and formally; I really love the push and pull between pasted down bits of printed text and the hand