Lathe turned cup used as a sander or "pounce pot" used for holding powdered cuttlefish bone or sand for blotting ink and preparing parchment for writing. Made of turned lignum vitae. Label on base identifying it as being used in the House of Representatives in Augusta Maine by a William (?) Waterhouse, an ancestor of one Lucille Taylor. 

3 x 2.625 x 3 in (7.62 x 6.7 x 7.7 cm)

Condition:

Chips and wear. Traces of blotter sand still present.

Conservation:

None

Provenance:

Label on base:

“Sand Holder -

For Blotting -

House of Represent(atives)

Augusta, Maine

Used by -

Rep. WMH. Waterhouse

Lucille Taylor’s

Great Grand(f)ather”