Charming Antique Pencil or Crayon Box with Imperfectly Ordered Alphabet black and white painte and I love the pointy

and I love the pointy detail on the end of the handle

Fabulous sculptural forms with these great rounded sides

I'm always happy to find a bunch of old alabaster grapes like this with wooden stem

but not an issue if just set somewhere

I personally think this Brontosaurus is the best of the lot

Charming Antique Pencil or Crayon Box with Imperfectly Ordered Alphabet black and white painte and I love the pointyThis 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