Pounce pot
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Pounce pots provided a means of drying ink once it had been written on a page. They were small containers with perforated tops (like pepper pots) that contained a powdery material that was sprinkled on the just written text to dry any excess moisture.
The present equivalent (and much less messy) is blotting paper.
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Pounce was also used to provide a better writing surface on the paper which was more absorbant than modern paper. Some pots had concave tops so that surplus pounce could be returned.
