Wonderful, One of a Kind c. 1870 Complete Perpetual Calendar with Handwritten Notes Across Generations lead and an attached head at

and an attached head at the other

The daguerreotype has been wiped and

but I believe in the holiness of this

and of course made better by the matte green glaze

This wonderful little dog has a companion carved rabbit--I am listing them separately but would love to see them stay together

Wonderful, One of a Kind c. 1870 Complete Perpetual Calendar with Handwritten Notes Across Generations lead and an attached head atAmong my very favorite recent finds, this perpetual calendar dates to no later than 1870 or so, as there a number of dated handwritten notes on fronts and backs of the monthly inserts, recording exceptional weather events in the early 1870s (snow on Oct 18 19, 1871, big snow storm March 31, 1872, etc.) Especially beautiful to me is that another set of notes were added in the 1940s "Brian's birthday" on Feb 15, the return of Ian Buchanan from WW2 on