Charming Turn of the Century Poppy Pod Inkwell button eye doll the best drawings seem effortless

the best drawings seem effortless

the milkman from Fiddler on the Roof

I'm not certain the age but would think early-ish 20th century

but these six have survived

Charming Turn of the Century Poppy Pod Inkwell button eye doll the best drawings seem effortlessYou might guess from all of the antique penmanship notebooks I post that I wish we would go back to handwriting letters using a pen and ink, and though I have yet to do this myself, if I did, I think this might be the inkwell I would choose to put to use! It also seems to me that this one, shaped like a poppy pod, with another sprouting forth, might inspire hallucinatory, stream of consciousness creative writing! The seller I purchased this from