Book Shaped Porcelain Inkwell with Resting (But Poised to Write) Hand fish head vessel 5 3/4" t x 4

5 3/4" t x 4 1/8" w x 4 1/4" d

looking as if meeting as friends and equals

especially down the front for marking the bodice and all around the base for marking the hemlines

They’ve definitely seen some coffees — and perhaps some cocktail hours as well - but I find them all the more endearing for the wear

Book Shaped Porcelain Inkwell with Resting (But Poised to Write) Hand fish head vessel 5 3/4" t x 4Not totally my usual thing, but a hand, and a book, and an inkwell all in one, and gilding too well, how to resist? And I like the thought that this very delicate looking hand is about to pick up a pen. (Or a paintbrush seems to me the little ink pot would work just as well for mixing watercolors.) Displays as nicely open as it does closed as a box, and the two pots are easily removed. 4" x 2 3 4" x 2 3 4" t and in good condition. A bit of loss of the