Knowles & Maxim 1881 "Real Pen Work" Spencerian Penmanship Instruction Book ash splint basket I guess the end/shoulder of

I guess the end/shoulder of an old tool

Box measures 12 3/4" x 9" x 1 3/4"

already pretty intense

but I haven't been able to figure out their maker

I believe this wonderfully painted wooden vesta dates to the mid-19th century or so

Knowles & Maxim 1881 "Real Pen Work" Spencerian Penmanship Instruction Book ash splint basket I guess the end/shoulder ofNow just might be the time to learn Spencerian penmanship, and this would be the ultimate guide to doing so! I've come across a few different soft covered pen work instruction guides, but this seems to be the mother of them all, including examples of elaborate Spencerian drawings of lions and eagles and Diana riding a stag which clearly spurred larger versions of the same. Plus fantastic alphabets, designs for autograph albums, instructions for making