Beautiful Old Make Do String Winder blank notebook with "On its Merits" pictured

with "On its Merits" pictured at the bottom of the front and a very kindly horse

Like new condition

executed on cream colored

It's a rare one—the 20th ball in a c

with two tiny dots for a nose

Beautiful Old Make Do String Winder blank notebook with "On its Merits" picturedThe seller I purchased this from found it with with a note that it was what "grandma" used to keep her string, and clearly grandma used it for lots of string over many many years. The wood is super smooth and with a bit of a sheen from many many years of handling, and whether or not it is one or two pieces under that cloth wrap I am really not certain. The fabric wrap looks somewhat similar to cloth medical tape in material, now completely hardened