Book Shaped Porcelain Inkwell with Resting (But Poised to Write) Hand

Regular price $65.00

Not totally my usual thing, but a hand, and a book, and an inkwell all in one, and gilding too...well, how to resist? And I like the thought that this very delicate looking hand is about to pick up a pen. (Or a paintbrush...seems to me the little ink pot would work just as well for mixing watercolors.) Displays as nicely open as it does closed as a box, and the two pots are easily removed.

4" x 2 3/4" x 2 3/4" t and in good condition. A bit of loss of the gold paint, and one repaired crack in one inkpot, as documented. Unmarked, late 19th/early 20th c. I believe.