I am not sure I have the heart to break it up
It features hand-painted eyes in two different patterns executed in rich blue and purple against bright white on front and back
which were created largely by women of leisure and which grew out of earlier 19th century wax modeling of flowers and fruit
this is the second to largest variety
it features wonderful gold-toned decoration
Grace’s 1880 Speller with Flowers Drawings and Handwritten Messages bottle shaped vase I am not sure II have a feeling Grace was not entirely devoted to her spelling, as she seems to have used this book to collect messages from her friends, too! (i. e. "When you grow old and cannot see Put on your specs and think of me.") There are a handful, clearly written by different people, on the end pages, and, my favorite, these little flower drawings at the front. As you likely know by now Im a sucker for a sweet and much personalized old school book, and