Immortality...Immateriality, Perfectly Poignant 19th Century Penmanship Practice Page iowa folk art wonderfully detailed small vase is

wonderfully detailed small vase is incised and sculpted to resemble the trunk of a tree

Great backs on the cards

9 3/4" x 7 3/16" x 3/4" d and in good antique condition

I looked John up and learned that he was a farmer

Immortality...Immateriality, Perfectly Poignant 19th Century Penmanship Practice Page iowa folk art wonderfully detailed small vase isYou know I love penmanship practice notebooks of many sorts, and I don't ever break them up but this single page I found alone, and is a perfect found object as far as I am concerned: what could be more poignant than the pairing of "Immortality" and "Immateriality" written many times over? A pure (and rather existential feeling) found poem, which one might interpret resolve in any number of ways depending on one's disposition. And with Horticulture