19th Century Book Page with Drawings and Handwritten Text sacred with carved notch at the

with carved notch at the end that also looks a bit like an old key

but it's quite solid and pretty heavy

This one definitely has a good amount of age

I assume they're meant to be husband and wife

(Personally though I find this version the most charming

19th Century Book Page with Drawings and Handwritten Text sacred with carved notch at theHard to decide which side of this I like better, so the first photo here shows both sides. I believe this was likely a front matter page of a much studied book, perhaps even a small bible (among the hand written text: "the Bible is the best of books," and then underneath that: "no it ain't"!!) Also written are a series of names, making one assume the book was passed along from one person sibling to another: Sophia, Miriam, and Prudence Gallup, and