Charming Small 1840s Cloth Covered Scrapbook/Ledger whittled chain making his features feel pretty

making his features feel pretty painterly

with the pedestal base making a trivet underneath it unnecessary

etc--at first for dances but then specifically to sell

which I'll never pass one by as I think they're pretty hard to beat

Charming Small 1840s Cloth Covered Scrapbook/Ledger whittled chain making his features feel prettyA very sweet little thing, it appears this notebook was first used for recording expenses, then repurposed (possibly recovered at that point in this charming woven plaid fabric with separate strip covering the spine) as a scrapbook for assorted clippings. I love that it begins with the fable of the tortoise and the hare, and then on the next page these great X's and squares in watercolor framing "A Child's Prayer." The remaining clippings are quite