Cornelius Pierson 1842 British Calligraphy Practice Notebook with Hand-marbled Cover old toy phone the most basic being sliding

the most  basic being sliding the tiles to put them in order from 1-15

The bottom is pretty terrific too

a few hairline cracks in the bone

achieved here with crayon

I've since learned this is called a Herkules rug beater

Cornelius Pierson 1842 British Calligraphy Practice Notebook with Hand-marbled Cover old toy phone the most basic being slidingSuch a beautiful thing, from the hand marbled paper cover, to the way Cornelius has written his name and numbers 1 4 on the inside flap, to every completely filled page of writing in it. I've looked at a fair number of these antique hand writing practice notebooks at this point and think the content in this one is especially excellent, with a super choice of words and phrases repeated over and over: "bankrupt in debt beyond the power of payment";