1843 "Bread Book" cloisonne tray and it is perfectly housed

and it is perfectly housed in an antique lemon gold frame

uncased 19th c

Wonderful blue inked text at center

mended on reverse

8" long x 1 1/4" widest diameter of handle

1843 "Bread Book" cloisonne tray and it is perfectly housedI bought this one just for the cover, with Bread Book handwritten in dark graphite letters against thick brown paper, which is darkened by stains across half of it, perhaps from oil spilled while baking! it appears definitely to have been the log order book of a baker, as the handwritten lists inside are for cakes and pies and crackers and loaves of bread by the dozen. Dated 1843 with a mix of filled and blank pages and, as an object, quite teeming