Norman Jones' 1909 Penmanship Practice Notebook old saltillo plus these little balls extending

plus these little balls extending on wire from her arms and base

So many sad hours I pass through that no one knows anything about

I just love the form

beautifully detailed and decorated here in a manner that seems a hybrid of traditional and contemporary

and unsigned as far as I can tell

Norman Jones' 1909 Penmanship Practice Notebook old saltillo plus these little balls extendingI've become pretty fascinated by these penmanship practice notebooks, not just because I love seeing the handwriting, but also for the choice of phrases, which speaks lot to the times they were done, and served as a way of imparting moral values and instilling good behavior. Here, I especially love the phrase "exercise with caution," which I'd think would say "exercise caution" but instead seems to be warning against injuring ones self (!), and also