Robert Ingles's Unexpectedly Excellent Ink / Ink Wash Student Drawing on Board, 1955 1940s pottery 2 3/4 d at opening

2 3/4 d at opening

some unevenness to the glaze around the lip

a wonderful  thing to have hanging on the wall

I believe this clever hand-shaped bottle opener dates to the 1930s

and quite usable still

Robert Ingles's Unexpectedly Excellent Ink / Ink Wash Student Drawing on Board, 1955 1940s pottery 2 3/4 d at openingMy camera is picking up some undertones and making this look a bit pink it is not; the first photo comes closest to correct, but in hand the grays and blacks are richer and the board a nice light cream. Anyway I just love these two, eyes closed and completely wrapped up in each other in a way that manages to feel earnest in the best of ways young love! With especially nice attention to their hairlines, and to her fingernails too. And the shape of