Vintage c. 1970 Fornasetti Conchiglie (Seashell) Plate ceramic flower frog What I especially love about

What I especially love about this partial 19th century penmanship notebook is how modern the hand-drawn block letter alphabets seem

where he worked as a contract carpenter and later for Ford Motor Company

This one is very much all about numbers--really purely a book of math problems and solutions

and made of ironstone with transfer graphic

Vintage c. 1970 Fornasetti Conchiglie (Seashell) Plate ceramic flower frog What I especially love aboutA happy surprise to find this one at a shop in coastal New Hampshire the other day where I don't often find much and it was a bit hidden in a far corner, not identified as Fornasetti by the dealer. But Fornasetti it is, stamped on reverse and signed, too one of a set of "Conchiglie" dinner plates Fornasetti produced in the late 1960s early 1970s (there's a set of six on 1st dibs for $1650.) With sprawling starfish at center, and a mussel (complete