Horse and Jockey, 19th C. Ink Drawing on Watermarked Lined Paper, Fred Scruton, Beverly MA beautiful antique copper vesta I think it is likely

I think it is likely a sign of these times

)  Beautifully crafted and super sculptural

Plus drawers and niches under the lid

written in pencil—at least one of them by EW Hall him or herself

and the lack of contextualizing details

Horse and Jockey, 19th C. Ink Drawing on Watermarked Lined Paper, Fred Scruton, Beverly MA beautiful antique copper vesta I think it is likelyI went to Cohoes, NY to find this one, but it originated in my neck of the woods, on the North Shore of Boston, in Beverly NY. Reminds me in many ways of Spencerian calligraphic drawings, but folkier, and I especially love the handling of the jockey's face, with all those tiny ink dots making it look almost as if he were wearing a mask or that much of his face were covered in stubble, which lends a bit of eeriness to the drawing in an interesting sort