Apt Green Painted Old Tin Bread Box with Stenciled Lettering playing card match book I love these not just

I love these not just for the beauty of the penmanship itself

Light for marks at upper and bottom left

since the late 1850s

wide ranging but consistently strong

with the only thing missing being a plate on the underside to hold them in--and so

Apt Green Painted Old Tin Bread Box with Stenciled Lettering playing card match book I love these not justOne could put a whole lot of bread in this old bread box which I of course love for the combination of very matter of factly stenciled "BREAD" against green paint, which points to a different sort of bread! (Rather than under the mattress, perhaps the perfect not so stealthy hiding place for stashing one's life savings!) A great merger of industrial and homespun in feeling, maybe from a camp or prison or military kitchen? 11 1 4" t x 9 1 8" wide and