Thomas Gurney's 19th C. Math Notebook with Lovely Diagrams Throughout 1940s tray while these are matte

while these are matte

It's not until fairly recently that I really started appreciating antique toleware

Fun things to drop as little gifts I think

20 7/8” x 11 3/4” x 2 7/8”

a little research led me to discover an identical solid sterling silver mouse produced for Cartier by Old Newbury Crafters

Thomas Gurney's 19th C. Math Notebook with Lovely Diagrams Throughout 1940s tray while these are matteI can't resist a pretty old math notebook with lots of neatly drawn diagrams, just too pretty, and I fear all that work winding up in the scrap heap. The beautiful hand marbled covers on this one have come apart from the rest of it, perhaps good now for repurposing, but the pretty blue pages are holding together, and are pretty much full. Many many very lovely pages among them, including one (pictured first) with white paper adhered to the bottom as a