Woman in Top Hat "The Would Be Poet" 1913 Pen and Ink Signed Drawing bobble head armadillo The ball in cage at

The ball in cage at the end measures 5 1/2" long and each link measures about 7/8" long

and then these shiny silver shapes (aluminum I believe

I am not certain which

Still many good years of use left in it

Maine-based ceramicist Jeffrey Lipton

Woman in Top Hat "The Would Be Poet" 1913 Pen and Ink Signed Drawing bobble head armadillo The ball in cage atSome things I take a while to deliberate over before purchasing, but not this drawing it sold me immediately! I have no idea the story behind it; whether it was drawn as a self effacing self portrait of sorts, or as a caricature satirizing the rise of aspiring women authors I like to think the former, but in any event I think she's terrific, and seems quite poised to accomplish whatever she sets her mind to! At the moment this is penning an Ode to