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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 352726, member: 5833&quot;]Looks to me like it has a fair degree of oxidation/patina.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]119787[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The Wiki article does not quite seem to have the seal of approval but does say:</p><p><br /></p><p>In the 19th century the pounce pots or sanders often had a shallow dish round the top so that pounce or sand could be returned to the pot and reused. The process is very effective for quickly drying ink, and although <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blotting_paper" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blotting_paper" rel="nofollow">blotting paper</a> has been available since Tudor times, pounce or sand continued to be used throughout the nineteenth century because it was often cheaper.</p><p><br /></p><p>With the handle in the lid, looks like it was meant for traveling, maybe part of a luggage set.&nbsp; I can see needing to have more need to get ink dry quickly under those circumstances than when at a desk.&nbsp; I used to assume both compartments were for ink bottles because the one I have has one screw top bottle remaining, but pretty sure I have seen another that was more intact &amp; second bottle was a little shaker.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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