Leather blotter w/ wooden handle. Leather patterned like crocodile skin. Base of blotter curved and covered w/ paper. Blots of ink on base.
blotters (writing equipment)
leather
paper (fiber product)
wood (plant material)
Leather
Unidentified Paper
BLOTTER
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
Unknown
3.25 x 5.75 x 2.75 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.592
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