Rainbow Colored Vintage Wooden Abacus with Handle 19th century autographs With their sweet faces

With their sweet faces

This vintage brass keyholder has seen some use

that the artist here was German American

and title pages

They are in good overall condition

Rainbow Colored Vintage Wooden Abacus with Handle 19th century autographs With their sweet facesI love a nice abacus, and think this one, with its rainbow colored beads, is especially lovely and fairly unusual in having a handle, making it easy to calculate on the go! I have found a few other handled examples with a similar form, c. 1940s, which seems about right for this one. Beyond its calculating function, I find abacus' rewardingly useful for tracking of all sorts of things (i. e. move a bead to the left every time you make it to the gym!)