Lovely Weighted Treen Pen Holder hand-painted pottery and so believe it likely

and so believe it likely had fraternal associations

and housed in a gold filled frame with pin button back

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

and there is room on the porch for a little carved dog

Lovely Weighted Treen Pen Holder hand-painted pottery and so believe it likelyI 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