Obsessive "Door Holes Lock Drill " Tin literary figure wine measure

wine measure

Someone certainly put a lot of effort into it

no holes or loose seams

and the pride of her mother

They are in great condition and both are signed on the bottom

Obsessive "Door Holes Lock Drill " Tin literary figure wine measureThis feels as much like a Jesse Howard sign as a tin used for storing hardware to me, seeming like a specific thought process or set of associative instructions playing out across the entire surface of it. I assume it held parts all relating to the installation of door locks, but who knows? Certainly obsessive, as if needing to be reminded over and over, from every side including the lid. And always hard to beat black lettering against creamy white