Charming Antique Pencil or Crayon Box with Imperfectly Ordered Alphabet black and white painte Really just perfect

Really just perfect

a little corner wear with scattered stains/toning that is all to the good in my opinion

and I love the pointy detail on the end of the handle

that shape of which is just the right amount of off-kilter

Charming Antique Pencil or Crayon Box with Imperfectly Ordered Alphabet black and white painte Really just perfectThis old handmade box makes me very happy, purchased from a dealer in Pennsylvania. The multi color alphabet across the top makes me imagine it once held a trove of bone letters (if only it did still!) though perhaps it was just made for pencils and crayons, marks of the latter much evident in the interior. In any case, I find those rows of neatly lined up letters in shades of yellow, green and orange letters beautiful, but even better is the fact