EEO's 1862 Sketchbook, Filled with Drawings folk art walnut sailor is an on-off dial

is an on-off dial

such as the outlines of a previous iteration of the ears visible on one side

could have been made for a model train set up

6 1/4" tall not including hanging loop

In terrific antique condition

EEO's 1862 Sketchbook, Filled with Drawings folk art walnut sailor is an on-off dialIt looks from the inside cover that this sketchbook belonged to an Estella (or Estilla) of Bennington (Vermont, I assume) and was gifted to her by her teacher Miss Harwood in 1862. Every page inside is filled, and while not all of the drawings are especially interesting, there are a good few into which our girl seems to have invested quite a lot of energy, and I think those drawings teem with quite a lot of life! I've documented all of them here (and