19th C. Spencerian Calligraphic Ink Drawn Fish inuit bone carving but have since learned there

but have since learned there is a long history of vessels like this--the earliest example British and dating back to the 1300s--with holes around the lip

but spine and pages in pretty good shape

often commanding many hundreds of dollars

but it would also be great as a caddy for art supplies

19th C. Spencerian Calligraphic Ink Drawn Fish inuit bone carving but have since learned thereOne 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