Lucy Jones' Mid 19th C. Sketchbooks (2) Filled with Graphite Drawings antique folk art inlaid box and the front opening measures

and the front opening measures 8 1/4" x 10 1/4"

Viewers measure 4" x 1 3/4" each

and I really love the inclusion of a  little habitat

I have not touched the wood on this piece

The name reflected a merger of two aspects of ceramic design--art and engineering--with projects including studio pottery pieces made by Lee

Lucy Jones' Mid 19th C. Sketchbooks (2) Filled with Graphite Drawings antique folk art inlaid box and the front opening measuresThis is quite a trove two 19th c. marble covered sketchbooks filled (every single page) with graphite drawings by a Lucy Jones, along with a hand written (undated) obituary tucked into one of them, which describes Lucy as a school teacher with a "cunning hand" in "housewifery, needlework, drawing and painting, flower culture and in many other occupations requiring taste and patience and skill of eye and touch." One of the sketchbooks shows Lucy