Brass Duck Shaped Paper Clip for Desk or Wall Swedish wooden plate In my ideal world

In my ideal world

Each cufflink is marked 585 on the stem

which at least according to one source were used to carry cooked food to monasteries—an offer to the monks as an act of merit-earning

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Brass Duck Shaped Paper Clip for Desk or Wall Swedish wooden plate In my ideal worldI've lately been having fantasies of a huge antique wooden desk with lots of surface for all sorts of old school desk accessories, in large part as a result of finding wonderful objects like this brass duck shaped clip! Nice and heavy and super useful, it would be great on a desk but also has a hole for hanging on the wall. I have not attempted to polish this clip as I like the patina. While its surface shows signs of age and wear, I think these add