Pennsylvania Dutch Ledger Bird Pen Wipe Inkwell Gathering

Do you just adore Pennsylvania Dutch folk art? If so this next gathering may be of interest to you. A lonely desk or candlestand is all that this gathering is asking for to call home and I am sure you will be very pleased with the results! You will receive the Ledger book, hand fashioned bird pen wipe, old spectacles and a stoneware inkwell that holds a feather quill. Dutch influence “lives long and prospers” here in Pennsylvania therefore I created an interesting “Debit and Credit” book that one may have placed near a writing desk back in the day. The cover of the book was reproduced, aged and attached to the front of a “McGuffey’s Fourth Eclectic Reader” dated “1879”. I chose this book of the color along with the worn pages that extend out from the cover as shown in image 15. After all the “leidger” (German spelling) page on the front is dated “1789” so I wanted to honor this period using a book that looked as old as possible. If you look closely at this exceptional work of