Ceramic Fish with Teeth! small plate set ) Below that

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) I like to think this is the box in which Nathaniel Hawthorne delivered the handwritten manuscript for "House of the Seven Gables" (based in Salem

4 7/8" long x 2 5/8" deep x 7/8" tall

It is signed on the bottom with what appears to be an FJ to start

feels like it would be right at home in a building by

Ceramic Fish with Teeth! small plate set ) Below thatSuch a fabulous fish! I know nothing of its origins, but it's one of my favorite things. I found it at the estate sale of an artist and gallerist on Newbury Street in Boston, who dealt mostly in Haitian art but had a wonderful, eclectic collection of handmade objects from around the world. Those teeth! I love its roughness and the darkness of the clay body, decorated only with some blue glazing on the tail fin. Nice and heavy, with a terrific