Selina Pierson 1847-8 British Calligraphy Practice Notebook with Hand-marbled Paper Cover wooden ladle with richly saturated color on

with richly saturated color on a warm cream stock

from the hand-marbled paper cover

I would probably have a new matte cut if framing

and then the wonderful rich dark charcoal black of the carved body with rounded belly

Mexico of black clay it features incised details for eyes

Selina Pierson 1847-8 British Calligraphy Practice Notebook with Hand-marbled Paper Cover wooden ladle with richly saturated color onI'm pretty certain Selina Pierson was the sister of Cornelius Pierson, whose own calligraphy practice notebook is listed separately. Selina's, dating to 1847 48 and with really lovely hand marbled paper cover, includes phrases, some partial, all relating to world geography: "Baltic, an inland sea which has no tide"; "Quito, an audience of Peru"; "Ganges, a river of India"; "Denmark, a country"; "Cortona, an ancient town." Plus small notes at the top