Scarce 1850s Payson's Indelible Ink Tin (A Valentine of Sorts) machinist file legs spread

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with lovely four sided form and eight point star cut out of the center

and overall a fair amount of surface wear to the wood

the complete set  included slatted bases that functioned as stands for the figures

and this very sculptural one have a great sort of Rube Goldberg feel about it

Scarce 1850s Payson's Indelible Ink Tin (A Valentine of Sorts) machinist file legs spreadBetween 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