Norman Jones' 1909 Penmanship Practice Notebook handmade broom These plates were purchased from

These plates were purchased from the estate of a prominent choreographer in Boston's Beacon Hill neighborhood

they have often been used by museums and universities as teaching tools

which one might use to signify the operational (or decision-making) hub of home or office

Needs to lean against something in order to stand

the equivalent to "foo dogs" in Chinese culture) repeating around the perimeter of both top and bottom halves of the box

Norman Jones' 1909 Penmanship Practice Notebook handmade broom These plates were purchased fromI'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