Section of 19th C. Penmanship Notebook with Block Letter and Calligraphic Alphabets Porcelaine D'Auteuil with December 25

with December 25

copyright 1936

so it could be mailed yet

and pinkish red tongue hanging out

though I am pretty sure this is not a Native American piece

Section of 19th C. Penmanship Notebook with Block Letter and Calligraphic Alphabets Porcelaine D'Auteuil with December 25What I especially love about this partial 19th century penmanship notebook is how modern the hand drawn block letter alphabets seem, especially in contrast with the beautifully executed Spencerian calligraphy on other pages as if the former descended from another time and place entirely! I also really love the interplay of the lettering and the printed grids of the paper. I'd be pretty tempted to frame up one or two of these. 13 1 4" x 8 3 8". Four