Henry Fisher's 1869 Penmanship Practice with Great Word Combinations! pretty vase This is a striking large

This is a striking large carved wooden whimsy tower with four levels of balls in cages

pulsing through a sea of blue and yellow painted dots

One could wrap the edges around a stretcher

This beautiful small pottery plate with two spiraling fish is a bit of a mystery

Henry Fisher's 1869 Penmanship Practice with Great Word Combinations! pretty vase This is a striking largeI've rarely met a penmanship practice notebook I didn't like, but think this is an especially nice one, filled by a Henry Fisher in 1869, under to watch of his tutor W. J. Sleiffer and I believe from Pennsylvania. What I especially love about this one is the repetition of consistently good, juicy words, and especially the pairs of words side by side, usually two to a page: Valentine Vermilion; Yearning Yawning ; Machine Manikin; Teaching Treachery,