Rare Victorian Ivison Phinney & Co. Spencerian Pen Nibs Box with Assortment Inside antique Maurice A. Knight stoneware best of all his bright

best of all his bright eyes with long curling lashes

Also included are his study notes

Plus those eyes and whiskers

like a present

The weaving on it seems pretty complicated to this novice

Rare Victorian Ivison Phinney & Co. Spencerian Pen Nibs Box with Assortment Inside antique Maurice A. Knight stoneware best of all his brightI grabbed these for the beautifully papered box, which dates to the 1880s or 90s and is in excellent shape. And, of course, as a lover of old penmanship I like the idea of having Spencerian pen nibs art ones disposaland this box is full not just of Ivison & Phinney nibs, but with a whole variety of others, too. Apparently the box plus nibs is a pretty rare and precious thing; the only other I could find online, with just five tips inside, is listed at