Charming Turn of the Century Poppy Pod Inkwell worker ) Plus this great embroidered

) Plus this great embroidered piece of what I assume is meant to be head jewelry animating her forehead

with the eyes full of wonder and curiosity of the children of the past

The carving itself I think is terrific

which translates to "blessed" in Swedish

I have not been able to get this drawing out of my mind

Charming Turn of the Century Poppy Pod Inkwell worker ) Plus this great embroideredYou might guess from all of the antique penmanship notebooks I post that I wish we would go back to handwriting letters using a pen and ink, and though I have yet to do this myself, if I did, I think this might be the inkwell I would choose to put to use! It also seems to me that this one, shaped like a poppy pod, with another sprouting forth, might inspire hallucinatory, stream of consciousness creative writing! The seller I purchased this from