Fantastic c. 1830 Ink Drawing of Lamia with Verses, Riddles, Numbers antique chamber pot 3 1/2" tall x 3"

3 1/2" tall x 3" across with handles

What I think is so brilliant about this little sculptured ceramic vessel with handle is that if you look at it one way

I have not tried to clean or sharpen the blade

which typically appears on a separate line above the S

Fantastic c. 1830 Ink Drawing of Lamia with Verses, Riddles, Numbers antique chamber pot 3 1/2" tall x 3"This! Its the fantastic drawing that makes this one of my very favorite pieces of paper Ive had in my possession, depicting what I first took for mermaids but believe may rather represent Lamiaa mythological child eating monster and, in later tradition, regarded as a type of night haunting spirit. The hand written text surrounding the drawingbearing the signature of a Lucy B. Howard, and which my favorite handwriting expert dates to 1830 or so, with