Douglas Risely & Sons, Thrapston, England, Full Dead Stock Butcher Paper Roll studio pottery platter and illuminating as not only

and illuminating as not only desirable ends in themselves but also as practical avenues to mastery of typography

though I think it is all to the good

With some fraying to the pink silk ribbon and loss to a couple of finger tips

21 3/8" not including post x 7 3/8 x 7/8

8" x 7 1/6" across at base/mount

Douglas Risely & Sons, Thrapston, England, Full Dead Stock Butcher Paper Roll studio pottery platter and illuminating as not onlyI found this untouched, huge roll of true butcher paper at an antiques shop in Maine, and know from the seller that it came out of a Maine estate, but the butcher shop in question, Douglas Risely & Sons, was located in Thrapston, England. One might think that when I go out hunting for things I am actively making choices, but more often it seems I am just there to let things choose me and this is one of those things that demanded I bring it home,