Set of Three Hand-lettered Paper over Cardboard Tube Ends from Architectural Drawing Sets log chopping bookends ends but I do know it's

but I do know it's an exquisite thing

"greengage" (a variety of plums)

Charming and also rather melancholic

and are little rattles

when Union balloons were used to observe movement within downtown Richmond--right where this was drawn

Set of Three Hand-lettered Paper over Cardboard Tube Ends from Architectural Drawing Sets log chopping bookends ends but I do know it'sThese were once the end caps on rolls of hand drafted architectural drawings. I love them for the beautiful inked lettering, and as evocative found objects evoking rich and painterly images of a Snake River and a Maroon Creek and a very tall Tower. And I really like that each feels very much like its own thing (i. e. the lettering on Tower feels exactly right for and specific to Tower.) Each appopx 5" in diameter. All in good condition, with scattered