Henry Fisher's 1869 Penmanship Practice with Great Word Combinations! pretty vase One could wrap the edges

One could wrap the edges around a stretcher

which I think are almost as lovely as the fronts

This beautiful small pottery plate with two spiraling fish is a bit of a mystery

maybe as a cloche over a head of garlic

All in great shape with a nice patina

Henry Fisher's 1869 Penmanship Practice with Great Word Combinations! pretty vase One could wrap the edgesI've rarely met a penmanship practice notebook I didn't like, but think this is an especially nice one, filled by a Henry Fisher in 1869, under to watch of his tutor W. J. Sleiffer and I believe from Pennsylvania. What I especially love about this one is the repetition of consistently good, juicy words, and especially the pairs of words side by side, usually two to a page: Valentine Vermilion; Yearning Yawning ; Machine Manikin; Teaching Treachery,