Wonderful (and Historically Conversational) Figural Studio Pottery Inkwell with Open Mouth jar of moxie bottle caps This old school slate provided

This old school slate provided the perfect surface upon which to paint two different views--get tired of one

and while I'd guess made as an incense holder I'd just treat it as a head

as if guarding the gates to Erongaicuaro

one fit inside the other to create a tiered form

Facing the Seminary

Wonderful (and Historically Conversational) Figural Studio Pottery Inkwell with Open Mouth jar of moxie bottle caps This old school slate providedAs with the Romano Byzantine bronze weight listed today, I purchased this inkwell from a favorite antiques shop in Vermont filled with gorgeous old wooden built in cases and cabinets, which themselves are always filled with wonderful things. The owners recently purchased a large collection of inkwells, most of them 19th century and earlier, but among them this charming and clever studio pottery example from the 20th century, which is the one I