Samuel Gifford 1829 British Math Notebook (2) with Fraktur Writing cat with bird This tabletop chest of three

This tabletop chest of three drawers--mid to late 19th century

Barrel boxes: both 3" tall

perhaps original to its making

Her vases always have two coiled ring handles

I don't know a lot about boats

Samuel Gifford 1829 British Math Notebook (2) with Fraktur Writing cat with bird This tabletop chest of threeI have long been eyeing antique school notebooks, both relating to the study of math and writing calligraphy, and finally found a lovely set of five of them from a seller in England, which I am listing individually. This is one of two hard backed math notebooks with marbleized paper covers and printed endpapers with "A Collection of Arithmetical Tables for the Use of Schools" of a Samuel Gifford studying at Mr. Heale's Academy in Sherborne. The first