Hand-drawn Pen and Ink Sleeping Clerk Antique British Postcard sculptural spoon made with a wool weft

made with a wool weft on a cotton warp

a hub for weaving since pre-Inca times

Nice and substantial

with wide bowl rising gracefully from cylindrical body

From looking at lots of other snuff bottles in trying to figure this one out

Hand-drawn Pen and Ink Sleeping Clerk Antique British Postcard sculptural spoon made with a wool weft"Officious curate (whilst preaching): 'Will someone wake the village clerk?' V. Clerk: 'I'm not asleep, I'm listening'!' Thus reads the caption on the front of this late 19th early 20th century hand drawn British postcard, with wonderful portrait of the sleeping listening clerk, top hat at his feet. Almost as good is the matter of fact message on the back: "This really happened in Somersham church. The old clerk died a short time ago." Approx 3 1 2" x