Rebecca Weiss's Lovely and Pointedly Poignant 1819 Penmanship Notebook woman's head pins and all

pins and all

With wonderful modeling and detailing of the hair

I also really love that hand-painted monogram

The inlays on the front are bone

There is also some missing chinking between the lowest two beams on the front facing side

Rebecca Weiss's Lovely and Pointedly Poignant 1819 Penmanship Notebook woman's head pins and allI'll never stop loving penmanship practice notebooks, and very early ones certainly most of all so beautiful, and so revealing of their times, while also never failing to resonate in the present moment. That feels acutely the case with this one, the work of a Rebecca Weiss, who signed her name at the bottom of most every page, and dated them too, January February 1819. "Learn content" (such a good one!) "Lies bring shame." "Bear no malice." "Honor is