Lovely, and Useful, Antique Writing Box / Writing Slope small carved doll A number of months ago

A number of months ago I found a lovely vintage glass pitcher with hand-painted bluebirds

There are a few stains to the blue fabric on the interior

Both hold true with this figure

with one tiny flaw

but his human friend is looking like he may have been through a bit of a hard time as well

Lovely, and Useful, Antique Writing Box / Writing Slope small carved doll A number of months agoI first picked up this box (on a recent real world antiquing exhibition) just for its lovely exterior, but was happy to open it to discover it's a writing box, with a nice red velvet covered writing slope inside, which lifts to reveal compartments beneath it on either side, and a little drawer with recesses at bottom, too. I'd never actually sat down and used one of these before, but in fact is it both super useful and quite a pleasure, and in absence