Embossed Brass Butterfly Pen Wipe vintage illustration on board likely 1890s or so

likely 1890s or so

bottom 4 1/2" x 3 3/8"

local tradition of hand-built wooden canoes

but this super folky bas relief carving of a pin up is among my very favorite Brimfield finds is this

but it also appears to have lived in this 19th c

Embossed Brass Butterfly Pen Wipe vintage illustration on board likely 1890s or soThere is a certain blurry line between old pen wipes and needle books, but I'm sure this is the former, especially due to the smooth black fabric inside, of which there are only two "pages" with the black of course matching the color of the ink this would for the most part be wiping! It's the embossed brass butterfly on the face that sold me, all done by hand like a pin prick drawing, and then riveted the suede cover along the top of the back.