Scarce 1850s Payson's Indelible Ink Tin (A Valentine of Sorts) machinist file and this very sculptural one

and this very sculptural one have a great sort of Rube Goldberg feel about it

legs spread

plus 15 extras I found in the same box

managing to instill this old cat with a whole lot of soul

Plenty large for storing lots of treats

Scarce 1850s Payson's Indelible Ink Tin (A Valentine of Sorts) machinist file and this very sculptural oneBetween the first of the year and February 14, everything is a valentine to me. (I'm really not much of one for holidays, but I'm a big one for expressions of love.) So a tin tube that once housed a bottle of indelible ink seems quite romantic perfect for writing poems of love that will never fade! (It is also useful in preventing election fraud.) Payson's indelible ink was invented by pharmacist John Payson Williston in Northampton, Massachusetts and