Rare Victorian Ivison Phinney & Co. Spencerian Pen Nibs Box with Assortment Inside mid-century Czech but is lovely and I

but is lovely and I think suits the piece well

8 1/2" long x 5 1/4" wide x 3/8" deep

It is indeed made of rubber so has a little give

and especially the strangeness and suggestiveness of the lumps in the sheets around her

Stands up (or balances on the curve) on its own

Rare Victorian Ivison Phinney & Co. Spencerian Pen Nibs Box with Assortment Inside mid-century Czech but is lovely and II grabbed these for the beautifully papered box, which dates to the 1880s or 90s and is in excellent shape. And, of course, as a lover of old penmanship I like the idea of having Spencerian pen nibs art ones disposaland this box is full not just of Ivison & Phinney nibs, but with a whole variety of others, too. Apparently the box plus nibs is a pretty rare and precious thing; the only other I could find online, with just five tips inside, is listed at