The Old Hilman House, 1897, Sweet Hand-painted Stoneware Ink Bottle with Blue Flowers wire bowl with the arch of it

with the arch of it also providing an excellent means for hanging from the wall

and all original

Early 19th century American

from a portfolio of a series of botanical studies by an Elsie (Eliza) M

and the manner in which they are "framed" even more so--whether relics of saints encased in ornate gold and silver cases or shrines

The Old Hilman House, 1897, Sweet Hand-painted Stoneware Ink Bottle with Blue Flowers wire bowl with the arch of it(First photo is composite showing two views.) I found this one in inland Maine a few years and have had it sitting around since, now here it is. A stoneware bottle, made for ink I believe, but then hand painted with pretty blue flowers on one side and "The Old Hilman House" August 1897 on the other, with what looks like three sets of monograms. I have not had luck identifying the Hilman House in question, but would like the think its inhabitants wrote