Alphabet, Horse, House, Evolution, Double-side Notebook Page with Cipher Writing, 1887 humorous antique vessel as Pennsylvania Dutch

as Pennsylvania Dutch

A nice companion to either or both of the folk art still banks I'm listing today

The roof is hinged and opens up

creamy white and plum and green

perfectly aged and smooth from use

Alphabet, Horse, House, Evolution, Double-side Notebook Page with Cipher Writing, 1887 humorous antique vessel as Pennsylvania DutchThis double sided page of very urgent looking writing and a few drawings too I purchased along with a two page spread sold a few weeks ago as found, though I wish I had the rest of the notebook they came from! I take this for cipher writing, written using a secret code, perhaps made for passing between one school boy and another. The graphite letters, which appear to have been written while applying a whole lot of pressure to the pencil, overlay what