Pawson, Dunton & Scribner's 1875 Penmanship Practice Notebook, Completed by CJ Fisk east boston To me this tintype in

To me this tintype in beautiful and rare embossed brass tintype frame looks like just about the best Valentine ever

and hand-painted

This terrific vintage set of round stacking blocks on post would be a great gift for a child

I've become really enamored of the way the gold paint on old tramp art pieces like this softens and mellows with age--in this case I think at least a hundred years time has resulted in mellow gold perfection

Pawson, Dunton & Scribner's 1875 Penmanship Practice Notebook, Completed by CJ Fisk east boston To me this tintype inSo many different penmanship practice notebooks to enjoy for different reasons. This one was all about mastering individual letters and the proper slant of them, hence a whole page of "oo"s (finally becoming a whole page of "noon"s) and "aa"s,"cc"s "vv"s, etc., reading like fields of abstract mark making, which I find quite beautiful. And "ruin" repeated a hundred or so times feels especially poignant. 24 p + cover : 5 3 4" x 7". Good condition, with