Lips in the Corner, Antique Graphite Sketch metal dish the gesture itself an embodiment

the gesture itself an embodiment of the phrase

This one I purchased on Ebay from a seller in North Carolina

13 3/4" x 9 3/4" and in good condition

) and the pipe late 19th/early 20th century I believe

Lips in the Corner, Antique Graphite Sketch metal dish the gesture itself an embodimentI found this loose along with some other papers accompanying a 19th century note filled with geometric perspective drawings. Of a different ilk than the others, but someone was clearly studying rendering. And while of course I'd love to see the page filled with a hundred sets of lips, there is something rather satisfying about the four mouths clustered at one corner, as if just whispering in one's ear! Graphite on wove, with general light wear a bit