Grace’s 1880 Speller with Flowers Drawings and Handwritten Messages bottle shaped vase A fun one to hang

A fun one to hang near the vanity I would say

this is the second to largest variety

which were created largely by women of leisure and which grew out of earlier 19th century wax modeling of flowers and fruit

Infidel Wit Repelled

making for a truly stunning silhouette

Grace’s 1880 Speller with Flowers Drawings and Handwritten Messages bottle shaped vase A fun one to hangI have a feeling Grace was not entirely devoted to her spelling, as she seems to have used this book to collect messages from her friends, too! (i. e. "When you grow old and cannot see Put on your specs and think of me.") There are a handful, clearly written by different people, on the end pages, and, my favorite, these little flower drawings at the front. As you likely know by now Im a sucker for a sweet and much personalized old school book, and