C. 1880s Spice Box with Hand-lettered--and Spice Filled!--Tin Canisters painted wooden animal holding together just fine

holding together just fine

boats and dogs and swans and "Whip-poor-wills" and more

plus the great shape of that back foot

Or for delivering a motivational morning tonic

or just its own thing

C. 1880s Spice Box with Hand-lettered--and Spice Filled!--Tin Canisters painted wooden animal holding together just fineI purchased this in Pennsylvania, from a dealer specializing in 19th century stoneware bottles and crocks but from whom I've purchased a few other sorts of treasures. What really sold me was the beautiful hand painted gold lettering on the spice boxes in that best font. Only later did I discover that those boxes were still full of spices, a happy surprise! The cloves box is clearly filled with cloves indeed, but I'm not entirely sure what mix of dried