Lot of 4 Mid 19th Century Penmanship Practice Notebooks painting stand 6 3/8" x 4 3/16

6 3/8" x 4 3/16

The piece is in very good antique condition and has a truly fantastic patina

I think they are just fantastically beautiful objects that I would hang like artworks

based on the logo painted on the tail

I've long been admiring sets of stone blocks like this for years

Lot of 4 Mid 19th Century Penmanship Practice Notebooks painting stand 6 3/8" x 4 3/16Though it's a bit difficult to discern some of the handwriting (!), these four notebooks appear to have been the property of a couple of different members of the Heath family of Boston I can clearly read John Heath on one, and I believe Adelbert on a couple of others, and the years 1849 and 1850 appear. I love the paperback covers on these, especially the "lessons in drawings" animals and geometric shapes. Inside, they vary: >>one (the one with