Harriet's 1836 Penmanship Notebook Turned 1839-40 Scrapbook antique watercolor envelope and nicely carved

and nicely carved

This one I believe dates to the Meiji period (1868-1912) and features silver hinges on the back and locking mechanism on the front

There appears to be a carved signature and year on the underside

I just love dice as objects

Harriet's 1836 Penmanship Notebook Turned 1839-40 Scrapbook antique watercolor envelope and nicely carvedOn one hand I'm sad to see much of the beautiful penmanship in this 1836 notebook covered up, but on the other hand I love its having been repurposed as a scrapbook a few years later including for how that reminds use that perfect penmanship was nothing special! Lots of layers of information embedded here, with rich juxtapositions both content wise and formally; I really love the push and pull between pasted down bits of printed text and the hand