John C. Mendall's 19th C. School Notebook Filled with All Sorts of Stuff! lee rosen but rather of the original

but rather of the original

I think it's just fantastic

I love the sculptural quality of this vintage pair of salt and pepper shakers--as  abstract forms

And as a spill vase was used to carry a flame from fireplace to candle or stove

And then that face

John C. Mendall's 19th C. School Notebook Filled with All Sorts of Stuff! lee rosen but rather of the originalThe speckled blue paper cover of this notebook drew me to it, but it's the bird drawing on the inside of the front cover that sold me, with the words "Bird of the air No. 2" trailing down. (My first photo is a composite of cover and first inside page.) Having now spent a little time with it's pages, I've determine that the John C. Mendell who kept it was a kindred spirit a terrible note taker it looks to me, instead filling the pages with names and