Art Nouveau Brass Perpetual Calendar with Handwritten Inserts leather. ) It folds back up

) It folds back up elegantly to form a rectangular box with  square sides

which made a range of different lettering instruments and sets

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Art Nouveau Brass Perpetual Calendar with Handwritten Inserts leather. ) It folds back upHow much nicer to reference this sweet old perpetual calendar with lovingly hand written inserts than to check the calendar on one's phone? The brass quintessentially art nouveau frame reads Tempus Fugit (time flies) at the bottom center and sits nicely on a desk, and the hand written two sided cards accounting for every month and possibility for how the dates fall are easily removed, swapped out, and reinserted, allowing one to stay on top of things