Clenched Fist, Antique Bronze Paperweight novelty ashtray black ink strong

black ink strong

The multi-color alphabet across the top makes me imagine it once held a trove of bone letters (if only it did still

Photos cannot convey the magnitude of its presence

Another of a few early 1920s drawings by an employee at the Bedford National Bank in Bedford

and it seems in Erie only for a brief time as the rest of their lives were living in and around Northhampton

Clenched Fist, Antique Bronze Paperweight novelty ashtray black ink strongHard to resist a good hand, and this one, bronze, has a great presence and weight and resolve to it; no fuss, just right. The image of a hand gripping a scroll or bar was a common one during the Victorian era generally associated with ideas of fortitude and resilience, but also I believe more specifically with pro freedom and or anti slavery movements, symbolizing the strength required to "break chains" or "uphold liberty." I have not dug deep into