Hand-drawn Pen and Ink Sleeping Clerk Antique British Postcard elephant and donkey late 19th or very early

late 19th or very early 20th century

One might put a few favorite rocks in it

There were a few different plate designs produced

and the atomic orange glaze is their perfect match

I think it would be just the perfect thing to hang in a guest room

Hand-drawn Pen and Ink Sleeping Clerk Antique British Postcard elephant and donkey late 19th or very early"Officious curate (whilst preaching): 'Will someone wake the village clerk?' V. Clerk: 'I'm not asleep, I'm listening'!' Thus reads the caption on the front of this late 19th early 20th century hand drawn British postcard, with wonderful portrait of the sleeping listening clerk, top hat at his feet. Almost as good is the matter of fact message on the back: "This really happened in Somersham church. The old clerk died a short time ago." Approx 3 1 2" x