Of Upright Planes: Early 1800s Notebook Page with Watercolor Diagrams in Double Sided Frame or turkey wing whisk broom It's got some age but

It's got some age but I don't think it's super old - maybe 1950s or 60s or so

or maybe stick into to the neck of a bottle or vase like a flower

How silly I feel to have formerly bought boring new padlocks when there are such great old ones around

but there is some bark loss along the top edge

capturing the extraordinary  beauty and spirit of this exceptional Eskimo/Inuit carving

Of Upright Planes: Early 1800s Notebook Page with Watercolor Diagrams in Double Sided Frame or turkey wing whisk broom It's got some age butThis is one of three double sided pages from an early 19th c. Newburyport, MA school notebook I'm listing clearly the work of one person which came from the collection of longtime New England collectors Bev and John Titus. I love early watercolored lettering and diagrams just about as much as anything in the world (and have also been kind of obsessed with sun dials lately) so just swooned when I saw these. The side headed "Of Upright Planes" shows