William Fogg's Character-full Antique EGGS Shipping Crate, Bethlehem, NH antique money box minor and not at all

minor and not at all detracting I think

5 7/8" long fully extended

roll is 7 3/4" in diameter

This is a sweet

from the harlequin patterning on all four sides (carved then painted rather than inlaid)

William Fogg's Character-full Antique EGGS Shipping Crate, Bethlehem, NH antique money box minor and not at allThis old shipping crate with EGGS written on every side seems particularly timely given the preciousness of eggs these day, and I love the hand drawn black ink lettering spelling EGGS (especially against that white and with nails on all sides). The crate itself is pretty much indestructible, with a strong tension closure (that bit of hardware made by Stanley, 1880s) in addition to a latch with room for a lock such that one could store all ones very