Peace and Plenty: Large Tole Painted Late 18th Century Tobacco/Snuff Box patterned he's pretty much just red

he's pretty much just red now

wonderfully personal

This is one of new batch of antique math and geometry notebooks just in--from a bookseller in England whose late husband collected them

with the color showing on the top side and the natural gray unpainted paper on the underside

including perhaps near or in front of a window

Peace and Plenty: Large Tole Painted Late 18th Century Tobacco/Snuff Box patterned he's pretty much just redPeace and plenty, how to argue with that? And it looks to me like a pair of bee skeps here, side by side, used to illustrate the phrase a pair of happy colonies, coexisting in peace. I know this is English, c. 1790s an early one, painted tin, and a large one,for tobacco or snuff. I love how wonderfully folky the lettering is and those freehand curlicues, perhaps suggesting bees buzzing around! 5 7 8" w x 3 3 8" d x 1 3 16" t and in good condition.