William Douglas’s Copy of Noah Webster's 1824 American Speller wooden tool box Sold in the old wooden

Sold in the old wooden frame I found her in

with just a bit of pink stain on the reverse

wood and labor purchases

with a true flat back making for easy hanging from a nail on the wall

William Douglas’s Copy of Noah Webster's 1824 American Speller wooden tool box Sold in the old woodenOf course I could not resist the beautiful calligraphic loops just inside this speller just shy of 200 years old, and especially what I take for a sharp featured little head and shoulders made up of tiny dots at left, which I imagine was a tiny portrait of a stern instructor! With wooden cover boards papered in blue (Webster's speller was the most popular of the day, known familiarly as the blue back speller) it is quite a lovely thing, with page