Antique Handmade Spice Chest with German Porcelain Labels in Original Paint handprinted ceramic box The cover and first few

The cover and first few pages of this notebook are pretty rough

Also feels kind of Adirondack-y

often four times

or wetting and rinsing calligraphy brushes

Antique Handmade Spice Chest with German Porcelain Labels in Original Paint handprinted ceramic box The cover and first fewI love a spice chest as a form all those little drawers to stash things inside and all the better in old creamy white and black paint, with porcelain labels, in German I believe, mounted above each pull. (Kummel = caraway, muscat = nutmeg, etc.) Very tenderly constructed, and clearly well used, with a few of the pulls it appears having been replaced over time, resulting in a pleasing mish mosh. Terrific patina, just right scale, better in person, lots