Victorian Era Pen and Ink Punch Magazine Cartoon Drawing hand carved wooden bowl the more you find

the more you find

My mother is a master estate sale navigator and treasure finder

There is one thin split in the surface of the wood where the palette is carved

and figure at the center speaking in the voice of the vessel: "Use me well

which I am completely taken with--gentle and sweet without being saccharine

Victorian Era Pen and Ink Punch Magazine Cartoon Drawing hand carved wooden bowl the more you findThis ink drawing c. 1870s or so is so finely done, it makes me wonder whether it wasn't the original drawing for a Punch magazine cartoon, as noted at bottom right? If not, it is a very very skillful rendering of a published version; see photos for a few examples from around the same time. I find this cafe scene of mother and son pretty charming, and love his little cap and crossed ankles dangling under the table! (And on the cafe sign in the