Blotter
Category
Desktop & office
Date
Unknown
Materials
Card, blotting paper, ribbon and felt.
Measurements
97 x 118 mm
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Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 937262
Summary
Small, rectangular blotter/pen wipe with canted corners, the front cover featuring three owls seated on a branch before a full moon above the inscription 'Treat a pen like a good joke "Keep it clean"'. Consists of card front and back covers, one page of blotting paper and further pages of orange, maroon and green felt. The pages and covers are tied together with coral-coloured ribbon.
Provenance
Stamford collection; devised to the National Trust by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976).