Frederic Fisher's 1863 Penmanship Practice Notebook with Good Sentences! danish modern wooden duck and two-page "Laws of Oklahoma"

and two-page "Laws of Oklahoma" rules sheet

it is an example of Dhokra metal casting

a few very minor dings here and there and overall aging to the copper

but it looks to me that he is glued to a piece of tin that is part of the bank itself and echoes his silhouette

Lots of age and wear but stable  and in my opinion all the better for it

Frederic Fisher's 1863 Penmanship Practice Notebook with Good Sentences! danish modern wooden duck and two-page "Laws of Oklahoma"Another really nice penmanship practice notebook, this one dated 1863 and done by Frederic Fisher, the brother I assume of Henry Fisher, whose notebook I just listed. I really like the somewhat looser handwriting in this one, done according to the Becker rather than Spencerian method, and which includes word repetition, including the names of lots of cities and countries, as well as sentences: Quarrelsome boys are troublesome; Command of hand gives