Knowles & Maxim 1881 "Real Pen Work" Spencerian Penmanship Instruction Book kitchen box I am not entirely sure

I am not entirely sure the purpose of the green stick included

Hand-written atop the deeply carved base is "Rio de Janeiro

with no glue visible

with small dings and various stains as there should be

Knowles & Maxim 1881 "Real Pen Work" Spencerian Penmanship Instruction Book kitchen box I am not entirely sureNow just might be the time to learn Spencerian penmanship, and this would be the ultimate guide to doing so! I've come across a few different soft covered pen work instruction guides, but this seems to be the mother of them all, including examples of elaborate Spencerian drawings of lions and eagles and Diana riding a stag which clearly spurred larger versions of the same. Plus fantastic alphabets, designs for autograph albums, instructions for making