Painted Bentwood Pantry Box with Beautiful Old Nail Mends writing book " and best of all

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even if through passive aggressive tactics

and an unusual one for the old black and mellow gold paint on it

and identified as a “self-proclaimed illustrator” with “a certain fetish for women dropping something in a tight spot

Another lovely old whimsy as I can't resist these either

Painted Bentwood Pantry Box with Beautiful Old Nail Mends writing book " and best of allAnother example of mends making something much more special. This is an antique oyster painted pantry box (no lid), to my eye made very beautiful by the nail repairs to the splits along the bottom long ago, which have the effect of calling attention to the sweeping lines of those splits, and giving a sense of gesture and movement to the whole thing. On the flip side are nails marching up the front, but it is the otherwise spare mended side (with