Nice Old Pewter Heart Shaped Letter Opener antique iron sign groats and farthings

groats and farthings

It is in good condition

The Lantz pottery was founded in 1949 by artists Ernst and Alma Lorenzen

made of boxwood I believe

" with a table in the foreground topped with what appears to be flowers in a vase and a fish on a platter (

Nice Old Pewter Heart Shaped Letter Opener antique iron sign groats and farthingsI'll never resist a good heart. I believe this is pewter, and was made as a paper knife letter opener rather than as a page turner, as it is heavy and substantial and that blade good for tearing open an envelop and of course it's the perfect one for opening love letters and valentines. Excellent objecthood, with raised ring (feeling a bit like a wedding band, really) mid way down, and heavy enough to weight down a pile of papers on the desk too. 8" l