John C. Mendall's 19th C. School Notebook Filled with All Sorts of Stuff! rustic pottery bowl It is unsigned

It is unsigned

which left some residue

a pretty terrific display object I think

including rod hinging on the back

Near the lip on one side is the original Arabia sticker

John C. Mendall's 19th C. School Notebook Filled with All Sorts of Stuff! rustic pottery bowl It is unsignedThe 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