19th C. Spencerian Calligraphic Ink Drawn Fish inuit bone carving and one lost loop around

and one lost loop around the lip

Very good vintage condition and ready to hang on the wall

and died on 29 December 1973

but spine and pages in pretty good shape

19th C. Spencerian Calligraphic Ink Drawn Fish inuit bone carving and one lost loop aroundOne 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