Horse and Jockey, 19th C. Ink Drawing on Watermarked Lined Paper, Fred Scruton, Beverly MA indian watercolor and renowned for making unique

and renowned for making unique carved and gilded frames

and because I think everyone should have a set--or many

silver-plate I believe

I've had one other of these and will always grab them when I see them because they're just so graphically satisfying--and pretty fun to operate

and hand-painted decoration on both top and bottom

Horse and Jockey, 19th C. Ink Drawing on Watermarked Lined Paper, Fred Scruton, Beverly MA indian watercolor and renowned for making uniqueI went to Cohoes, NY to find this one, but it originated in my neck of the woods, on the North Shore of Boston, in Beverly NY. Reminds me in many ways of Spencerian calligraphic drawings, but folkier, and I especially love the handling of the jockey's face, with all those tiny ink dots making it look almost as if he were wearing a mask or that much of his face were covered in stubble, which lends a bit of eeriness to the drawing in an interesting sort