Braille Alphabet Cards, School of the Blind, Watertown, MA c. 1940s - Sold Individually mid-century vase I's guess this head dates

I's guess this head dates to sometime 1920s-40s

I like how the lettering plays across the combination of matte red paint and shiny tin surface

labels still on it

and then the lush dark green strokes and swirls on top of it

Tea: 4"t x 3 1/2"

Braille Alphabet Cards, School of the Blind, Watertown, MA c. 1940s - Sold Individually mid-century vase I's guess this head datesI've never learned braille but these make me want to, and I think hanging one on the wall where one would see it all the time would prompt one, often, to imagine how it would be to experience the world without sight. Which for me at least stimulates both empathy and imagination. And, perhaps ironically, I find these, in their very 1940s or so institutional manner, very visually satisfying. Produced by the Perkins School for the Blind, Watertown, MA. 3