EXCEED with the Pen! Antique Blue and Black Ink Spencerian Calligraphy Example decorative pillows making it easy to rotate

making it easy to rotate to remove whatever coins one might drop inside

The vase has been well used

I almost never come across old quilting templates cut of cardboard

but there are at least a handful in here I'd be inclined to pop in frames and hang on the wall--I'm especially partial to the page of Windsor chairs

EXCEED with the Pen! Antique Blue and Black Ink Spencerian Calligraphy Example decorative pillows making it easy to rotateYou know I love everything about this the fraktur lettering, the little arrows and leaves embedded in them, and of course the very Spencerial rendering of the quill pen. But most of all I love the message: embrace the power of the pen! (Which I interpret not just in terms of making beautiful letters, but also writing potent content!) A perfect gift for a writer, I'd say. 6 3 4" x 2 3 8" and in very good condition, second half 19th c. I believe.