Extra Pretty and Nicely Designed Old Abacus with Hand-written Numbers antique scepter and a marvelous interplay of

and a marvelous interplay of dark silk and handmade black lace for her dress

just showing a little bit of a white crust—some of which I think might actually have been from the cream of the printed fabric (which adds to my sense it may have been hand-printed and was still wet enough to smear a bit

Enough said

but happily systematically turning each block in one direction gets you to the next image

12 3/8" x 8 3/8" x 1 1/2" Great structural condition

Extra Pretty and Nicely Designed Old Abacus with Hand-written Numbers antique scepter and a marvelous interplay ofI 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