1858 American Text Book for Letters Penmanship Instruction with Lots of Alphabets vintage ashtray and one surface scratch to

and one surface scratch to the glass underneath --all as pictured

5-1/2 inches tall

the sheep and the white sky behind are more thickly painted than the ground around them

I would guess the wood is ebony

1858 American Text Book for Letters Penmanship Instruction with Lots of Alphabets vintage ashtray and one surface scratch toThis 1858 copy of American Text Book for Letters penmanship instruction book, published by N. S. Dearborn, Boston, has clearly done a lot of instructingthe covers are well worn, and the binding is pretty roughbut its a rare one, and an interesting one, with some beautiful alphabets (including Greek and Hebrew), a section on shorthand symbols, and lots more, including recipes for red, black, metallic and, best of all, deceptive (invisible!) inks! The