1891 Signed Spencerian Pen and Ink Drawing of Two Birds wooden deer and I would think late

and I would think late 19th or early 20th century

smiling guy is a Native American Pueblo kachina doll from the Southwest US

and they make great paperweights

There would once have been a panel that slid down in a groove in front of the drawers to "close" them in

typically accompanied by a gamelan orchestra

1891 Signed Spencerian Pen and Ink Drawing of Two Birds wooden deer and I would think lateIt is hard to imagine a time when people learned how to make calligraphic drawings like this as a matter of course; just amazing. Originally used as an exercise to train students to perfect their handwriting, "Spencerian" steel pen drawings provided an diversion from the more repetitive practice of writing alphabets. Calligraphic drawing also gave the accomplished scribe a means of showing his or her ability and gave penmanship masters a way to