Today’s object is a 19th Century Japanese pregnancy doll. My friend Steven sent me this image ages ago and now I am going to find out all about it. Amazing, huh?

This is a tiny Little Webster Dictionary that belonged to my grandfather Sidney. It has a silver (though very tarnished) cover on it that says “Tiffany & Co. Sterling”. It had always been perched on his office desk, gleaming in the sunlight while he clicked away at his calculator, always the dutiful accountant.

This singular object embodied the wonderful intelligence and quirkiness of the man that he was, not to mention, a reminder of our shared love of language. It wasn’t until the dictionary was in my possession that I noticed that he had pasted his passport photo to the cover of it. There he was, smiling like I remembered him.

Today, I will devote my internet browsing time exclusively to unearthing everything I can learn about this object. I will let you know what I find!