William Fogg's Character-full Antique EGGS Shipping Crate, Bethlehem, NH antique bells not chipping

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14 1/2" diameter x 2 3/4" tall

with the mends together creating a portrait of all sorts of different solutions to the problem of the tear

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William Fogg's Character-full Antique EGGS Shipping Crate, Bethlehem, NH antique bells not chippingThis old shipping crate with EGGS written on every side seems particularly timely given the preciousness of eggs these day, and I love the hand drawn black ink lettering spelling EGGS (especially against that white and with nails on all sides). The crate itself is pretty much indestructible, with a strong tension closure (that bit of hardware made by Stanley, 1880s) in addition to a latch with room for a lock such that one could store all ones very