w/ Ivory “Days-Of-The-Week” (Mon-Sat)

c1850s

w/ silver shield crest plaque

VG

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This memorandum book, likely made in America in the 19th century, features thin, erasable ivory leaves with hand-engraved headlines designating six days of the week. Sunday is not featuredpresumably, in observation of the sabbath.

Pocket-sized calendar that consists of eight small pages of natural ivory, all hinged at one end with a single rivet. In fantastic condition, this diary has its small, thin ivory pages pivoted together that measure 3 high x 1 wide. The pages are stamped at the top edge with a different day of the week from Monday through Saturday. The inner pages are protected with a thicker ivory outer page cover at front and back. Outer cover has a 3/4, silver shield device pinned to the exterior surface. Additionally, a silver clasp and hinged hook pinned at the upper edge of the diary. Daily entries were made upon the appropriate flat hard slabs of ivory, usually with a lead pencil.