Fantastic c. 1830 Ink Drawing of Lamia with Verses, Riddles, Numbers antique chamber pot and super useful as a

and super useful as a trivet on the dinner table or just for a cup of tea

which typically appears on a separate line above the S

3 1/2" tall x 3" across with handles

What I think is so brilliant about this little sculptured ceramic vessel with handle is that if you look at it one way

Fantastic c. 1830 Ink Drawing of Lamia with Verses, Riddles, Numbers antique chamber pot and super useful as aThis! Its the fantastic drawing that makes this one of my very favorite pieces of paper Ive had in my possession, depicting what I first took for mermaids but believe may rather represent Lamiaa mythological child eating monster and, in later tradition, regarded as a type of night haunting spirit. The hand written text surrounding the drawingbearing the signature of a Lucy B. Howard, and which my favorite handwriting expert dates to 1830 or so, with