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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;blooey, post: 1066451, member: 12007&quot;]Two holes = Two quills? I don&#039;t think these were <i>really </i>ever intended for use as the people acquiring them at the time were predominately working class and more than likely illiterate&nbsp; ..however, having a pen holder on the table when the vicar came for tea might suggest someone in the household had the ability to write? Sort of like the painted clock faces on other Staffordshire?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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