Grace’s 1880 Speller with Flowers Drawings and Handwritten Messages bottle shaped vase which were created largely by

which were created largely by women of leisure and which grew out of earlier 19th century wax modeling of flowers and fruit

About as folky as model railroad signs could be

Leicester England (patent 1919

and these two at least to my eye stand with the best of them

making for a truly stunning silhouette

Grace’s 1880 Speller with Flowers Drawings and Handwritten Messages bottle shaped vase which were created largely byI have a feeling Grace was not entirely devoted to her spelling, as she seems to have used this book to collect messages from her friends, too! (i. e. "When you grow old and cannot see Put on your specs and think of me.") There are a handful, clearly written by different people, on the end pages, and, my favorite, these little flower drawings at the front. As you likely know by now Im a sucker for a sweet and much personalized old school book, and