Charming Antique Pencil or Crayon Box with Imperfectly Ordered Alphabet wpa model sight 5 1/4” x 4

sight 5 1/4” x 4 3/4”

with a bit of exposed wood at the tip of one ear

and coastal waters

I'd bet were made from the same piece of wood

and I love really it that way

Charming Antique Pencil or Crayon Box with Imperfectly Ordered Alphabet wpa model sight 5 1/4” x 4This 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