Lovely Weighted Treen Pen Holder hand-painted pottery which encourages close looking at

which encourages close looking at its wonderful play of (happily not quite straight) lines and grids in light blue

It would make an excellent tabletop or serving board

(“Foreign” is stamped on the cap

were father and son opthomologists with a practice near St

These show a good amount of wear to the front and back surfaces (the backsides feature a sweet red flower print

Lovely Weighted Treen Pen Holder hand-painted pottery which encourages close looking atI don't really know the age or origins of this, but surely it has more than a 100 years on it, and it's quite a lovely thing. It is weighted inside (one can feel the weight turn when you flip it over) so works both as a paper weight and pen holder. The exterior shows a beautiful play of wood grain, with inlay at the centers of the sides; it has a similar feeling to lignum vitae but may be some other exotic (I've just ordered a guide to woods so I can