but which I'd just treat as a beautiful box or
I don't know the maker of this small vintage tiger puzzle
Surely it was the head/tip of an old tool of some sort
and delivering an energetic action pose and a big smile each time
Reich was perhaps a frame maker
19th C. Spencerian Calligraphic Ink Drawn Fish pin up drawing but which I'd just treatOne sees Spencerian calligraphic drawings of deer and birds, especially, around, but rarer to come across a fish, and while this one shows a couple of tears along the bottom edge (which I've mended from the reverse with transparent archival tape), it strikes me as a perfect thing for a fisher person as well, of course, as for a lover of antique calligraphy, as I am. I really love the face on it too, looking a bit smug and self satisfied, perhaps too