AN ANTIQUE FINELY ENGRAVED METAL OWL POUNCE POT OR SOMETIMES SOLD AS A PEPPER POT.
LOVELY ORIGINAL GLASS EYES, HIS HEAD UNSCREWS TO FILL UP.
POUNCE OR FINE POWDER MOST OFTEN MADE FROM CUTTLEFISH BONE OR SANDARAC RESIN WAS USED BOTH TO DRY INK AND TO SPRINKLE ON A ROUGH WRITING SURFACE TO MAKE IT SMOOTH ENOUGH FOR WRITING. THIS WAS ESPECIALLY NEEDED IF THE PAPER CAME “UNSIZED”, THAT IS, LACKING THE THIN GELATINOUS MATERIAL USED TO FILL THE SURFACE OF THE PAPER AND MAKE IT SMOOTH ENOUGH FOR WRITING WITH A QUILL OR A STEEL NIB.
IN VERY GOOD CONDITION.
DIMENSIONS : APPROX 7 CM TALL
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ALL OUR ITEMS ( UNLESS CLEARLY STATED ) ARE OLD, VINTAGE OR ANTIQUE. WE TRY TO DESCRIBE & SHOW TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY A TRUE REPRESENTATION OF EACH ITEM THAT WE HAVE CAREFULLY CHOSEN. WE ARE NOT EXPERTS IN ANYTHING, JUST LOVE TO BUY THE DIFFERENT AND UNUSUAL AND ALWAYS BUY WHAT WE LOVE.
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