Lovely 19th Century Hand-painted French Faience Blotter in Blue and Yellow live bait box it has a terrific

it has a terrific

otherwise easiest would be to hang or have a stand made

the combination of corrugation and incising on smoothed areas of this one--the latter on the on the upper half of the body--make me think it may date toward the later part of the period

of course I had a bring these home with me

That pattern of shaky blue lines is pretty fantastic to begin with--and just seems destined to have given rise to echoes

Lovely 19th Century Hand-painted French Faience Blotter in Blue and Yellow live bait box it has a terrificI found this ink blotter in PA but I believe it is 19th century, hand painted French faience. None too often that most of us use an ink blotter these days, but I thought the decoration on it so pretty I couldn't resist, and it would certainly make a good paper weight, with the benefit of a nice handle for moving it around and setting it down. Plus rocking it back and forth might calm ones nerves! And, really, why not pick up and ink pen and use it!??