Fabulous Old Carved Swordfish Letter Opener with Blade vase with animals I just love the semi-secret

I just love the semi-secret bottom drawer that pulls out from one side

and were kept inside the house to provide protective spirits for the home

exemplify a really distinctive

Colored pencil and pastel on paper

Fabulous Old Carved Swordfish Letter Opener with Blade vase with animals I just love the semi-secretI'm completely charmed by this one, which was quite finely done, and is a very useful one too, with the long thin sword perfect for slipping through the top of a sealed envelope, and the blade inside of its mouth cutting the paper as it goes. Great in the hand and really quite a satisfying thing, with lots of years on it and a great patina. 9 3 8" long and in very good condition.