Leaf Studies, Rebecca Pillsbury's 1847 Notebook of Ink-stamped and Labeled Specimens, Nashville, NH pattern blocks but perhaps they are related

but perhaps they are related

) The lid of the rear section pulls up to reveal grooves for tubes of paint or charcoals/pastels

13 13/16" l x 4" d x 6 1/4" t and in good condition

with just the very tiniest of tiny chips on the lip

I have found a record of a Charles Henry Closson

Leaf Studies, Rebecca Pillsbury's 1847 Notebook of Ink-stamped and Labeled Specimens, Nashville, NH pattern blocks but perhaps they are relatedI was really excited to find this, purchased from a seller in New Hampshire, not far from where it was created close to two centuries ago, in the no longer extant town of Nashville, NH. The work of a Rebecca Pillsbury, inscribed on the front inside cover along with the date, it features fourteen neatly composed pages of ink stamped leaves (sometime looking a lot like graphite rubbings, but I am pretty certain all pressed in ink), with each of the leaf