Barber's Writing Academy, Mid 1800s Fraktur Penmanship Example in Great Period Frame set of hand-painted cards made to scare off varmints

made to scare off varmints

3" x 2 7/8" x 2 5/8"

there is a 5" drop from the handles to the top of the bag

which itself is scraped and worn away to perfection

and which I'll be more than happy to keep for myself--that I know were salvaged from a scrapbook/sketchbook that lived from many years in the possession of a collector (of the hoarder disposition)

Barber's Writing Academy, Mid 1800s Fraktur Penmanship Example in Great Period Frame set of hand-painted cards made to scare off varmintsMy photos here don't do much justice to this, but I think it's really a nice thing, and very much a whole package. And while it took me a little while to figure out, I think it is quite possible that this was actually the lid of a writing box, with what appear to be parts of two hinges still attached to the corner sides of the frame at top, and a nail on the bottom edge at center, which would have met a clasp. At least I think so. And if so, one might