19th Century Penmanship Practice Notebook with Spencerian Bird Drawing ceramic animal or the peg joints used

or the peg joints used for attaching the figures to their chairs

bowl measures 5" d x 2 1/2" tall

It measures 5 7/8" x 3 3/8" x 3/8"

There is also a little bonfire emitting a trail of smoke

with about 20 miles between detour signs one was supposed to follow

19th Century Penmanship Practice Notebook with Spencerian Bird Drawing ceramic animal or the peg joints usedReally a beauty! Some penmanship practice books appeal to me for the content of the phrases that are repeated, but some, like this one, appeal for the the lettering itself, and in this case, what become almost pure fields of abstract mark making, as single letters are written over and over and over again. The Eliza Ann who did this one, mid 19th century or so I believe, looks to have been quite a good student, creating an excellent example of