Book Shaped Porcelain Inkwell with Resting (But Poised to Write) Hand fish head vessel They’ve definitely seen some coffees

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

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

evincing the sense of it creating quite a wake as it swims along

There is one tiny flaw—what looks like a glaze chip just inside the lip

with one tiny spot of loss of gold at the edge of one ginkgo leaf

Book Shaped Porcelain Inkwell with Resting (But Poised to Write) Hand fish head vessel They’ve definitely seen some coffeesNot 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