Abstract Language, Margarete Gibbons' 1902 Completely Full Stenography Notebook handmade copper box it would make a terrific

it  would make a terrific paperweight on a stylish desk or a subtle yet striking addition to a grouping of any manner of interesting objects

And one might equate it with a folk art ex voto retablo

based on a note from the seller

1 of an edition of 6--but I think it is really a beautiful piece

Abstract Language, Margarete Gibbons' 1902 Completely Full Stenography Notebook handmade copper box it would make a terrificI find stenography shorthand fascinating, though I can't decipher a single symbol! Pretty much a lost form at this point, shorthand was is an abbreviated symbolic writing method that was developed as a means of increasing speed and brevity in writing, especially used in taking dictation. Of course technology has largely obliterated the need for it, and the capacity to decipher it which makes these pages of intensive mark making now like floating