Extra Pretty and Nicely Designed Old Abacus with Hand-written Numbers pencil and watercolor it shows all of those

it shows all of those years

some aging to the exterior surface as documented

buttons drawn down his front

17 1/2" t x 12 1/4" w

Extra Pretty and Nicely Designed Old Abacus with Hand-written Numbers pencil and watercolor it shows all of thoseI love an abacus, but there are a lot of them out there and I usually make myself let them go. This, though, is the loveliest abacus I've seen in a long while, with an unusual recessed design, and a nice softness to the color on the wooden beads. Plus someone long ago wrote numbers in increments of ten down the left side in red, and scribbled a few other things on it as well, making it warmly personal in addition to beautifully minimal, to me a very