Lucy Jones' Mid 19th C. Sketchbooks (2) Filled with Graphite Drawings small watercolors Believed to bring good luck

Believed to bring good luck

because of its flat bottom and boxy form

There is not a missing piece or even a chip that I can find

the late hour of the church clock

though have not been able to trace it

Lucy Jones' Mid 19th C. Sketchbooks (2) Filled with Graphite Drawings small watercolors Believed to bring good luckThis is quite a trove two 19th c. marble covered sketchbooks filled (every single page) with graphite drawings by a Lucy Jones, along with a hand written (undated) obituary tucked into one of them, which describes Lucy as a school teacher with a "cunning hand" in "housewifery, needlework, drawing and painting, flower culture and in many other occupations requiring taste and patience and skill of eye and touch." One of the sketchbooks shows Lucy