Frederic Fisher's 1863 Penmanship Practice Notebook with Good Sentences! danish modern wooden duck glossy surface and turns black

glossy surface and turns black on exposure to air

it is an example of Dhokra metal casting

though I'd likely hang it up immediately just as it is

Lots of age and wear but stable  and in my opinion all the better for it

and one minor chip/split at upper left corner

Frederic Fisher's 1863 Penmanship Practice Notebook with Good Sentences! danish modern wooden duck glossy surface and turns blackAnother really nice penmanship practice notebook, this one dated 1863 and done by Frederic Fisher, the brother I assume of Henry Fisher, whose notebook I just listed. I really like the somewhat looser handwriting in this one, done according to the Becker rather than Spencerian method, and which includes word repetition, including the names of lots of cities and countries, as well as sentences: Quarrelsome boys are troublesome; Command of hand gives