1880s Reading Speller by William Campbell with Excellent Sections on Geometric Shapes and Color persian mare Most measure 3 inches long

Most measure 3 inches long

which I purchased from a seller who attained them as part of a lot of Asian antiques

the bowl itself measures 4 1/4" in diameter and 1 3/4" tall

from their perfectly parted jet black hair

1880s Reading Speller by William Campbell with Excellent Sections on Geometric Shapes and Color persian mare Most measure 3 inches longA sweet and much handled old speller by William Campbell, published by Thomas Kelly, NY, 1887. Antique school books win me for many different reasons in this case it was particularly the single color plate showing primary, secondary and tertiary colors so gorgeous! (I would be very tempted to carefully cut that one out and frame it.) But also, near it, toward the back of the book, are several excellent pages of lines, angles and geometrical shapes,