Scarce 1850s Payson's Indelible Ink Tin (A Valentine of Sorts) Developing Sales Techniques I'd guess it's ceramic or

I'd guess it's ceramic or some hard composite covered in a thin layer of rubber--plenty heavy to make a useful paperweight

square on the other) with black and red details (I honestly can't tell how the black and red were achieved)

It stands steady on the base and is in very good vintage condition

no notable dings or other issues

and lumber merchants

Scarce 1850s Payson's Indelible Ink Tin (A Valentine of Sorts) Developing Sales Techniques I'd guess it's ceramic orBetween the first of the year and February 14, everything is a valentine to me. (I'm really not much of one for holidays, but I'm a big one for expressions of love.) So a tin tube that once housed a bottle of indelible ink seems quite romantic perfect for writing poems of love that will never fade! (It is also useful in preventing election fraud.) Payson's indelible ink was invented by pharmacist John Payson Williston in Northampton, Massachusetts and