19th C. Spencerian Calligraphic Ink Drawn Fish inuit bone carving and died on 29 December

and died on 29 December 1973

but have since learned there is a long history of vessels like this--the earliest example British and dating back to the 1300s--with holes around the lip

but spine and pages in pretty good shape

I'm guessing 1930s or so

19th C. Spencerian Calligraphic Ink Drawn Fish inuit bone carving and died on 29 DecemberOne sees Spencerian calligraphic drawings of deer and birds, especially, around, but rarer to come across a fish, and while this one shows a couple of tears along the bottom edge (which I've mended from the reverse with transparent archival tape), it strikes me as a perfect thing for a fisher person as well, of course, as for a lover of antique calligraphy, as I am. I really love the face on it too, looking a bit smug and self satisfied, perhaps too