Charming Antique Pencil or Crayon Box with Imperfectly Ordered Alphabet wpa model (Of course

(Of course

especially visible over the mustard-gold paint

I find this about as satisfying as a fragment of an ancient frieze

but also humble

and David Simpson

Charming Antique Pencil or Crayon Box with Imperfectly Ordered Alphabet wpa model (Of courseThis old handmade box makes me very happy, purchased from a dealer in Pennsylvania. The multi color alphabet across the top makes me imagine it once held a trove of bone letters (if only it did still!) though perhaps it was just made for pencils and crayons, marks of the latter much evident in the interior. In any case, I find those rows of neatly lined up letters in shades of yellow, green and orange letters beautiful, but even better is the fact