Mary Elizabeth Greene's 1846-1889 Sketchbook vintage bridge pencils studied and started making pottery

studied and started making pottery together in East Tennesee

one of thirteen children of sharecropper parents who went on to acquire their own farm

the box is painted light green and divided into two halves

There are 17 pieces in total

Mary Elizabeth Greene's 1846-1889 Sketchbook vintage bridge pencils studied and started making potteryThis 19th century sketchbook of a Mary Elizabeth Greene has seen better days, with some of the pencil drawings just loose and a fair amount of foxing on a number of them. But there are a few I like a lot, especially the last two chronologically (I have shown them first in photos) one of a boy with a dropped watermelon next to a girl holding her whole one up like a prize, and the other of a girl offering treats to a young wanderer. Photos show the full