Lovely 19th Century Lignum Vitae Travelling Ink Bottle dragon The surface of this piece

The surface of this piece is beautifully weathered to smoothness

) off those clothes than one of those cheap plastic rollers that invariably fall apart and always exasperate me

This one is really fully resolved

which is rendered from a wonky perspective

or wrap a ribbon around the handle and hang it from the wall

Lovely 19th Century Lignum Vitae Travelling Ink Bottle dragon The surface of this pieceThe more I look at antique postcards and beautifully hand written letters, the more I wish we'd at least occasionally forgo texting and emailing and return to using pen and ink! And this lovely antique lignum vitae ink bottle only strengthens the case! Lignum vitae is a gorgeous and rather miraculous very hard wood, often used for fine objects like this. It comes from trees of the genus Guaiacum, indigenous to the Caribbean and the northern coast of