Peace and Plenty: Large Tole Painted Late 18th Century Tobacco/Snuff Box patterned as the carved stopper is

as the carved stopper is locked forever in place by a cross bar

And so it makes perfect sense that he would also--perhaps in collaboration with Lilla--create photographs like these

This is one of new batch of antique math and geometry notebooks just in--from a bookseller in England whose late husband collected them

including for the bit of wood extending at top left

Her work has been widely exhibited and is most prominently featured in the WInkel Sculpture Court at SUNY Plattsburg

Peace and Plenty: Large Tole Painted Late 18th Century Tobacco/Snuff Box patterned as the carved stopper isPeace and plenty, how to argue with that? And it looks to me like a pair of bee skeps here, side by side, used to illustrate the phrase a pair of happy colonies, coexisting in peace. I know this is English, c. 1790s an early one, painted tin, and a large one,for tobacco or snuff. I love how wonderfully folky the lettering is and those freehand curlicues, perhaps suggesting bees buzzing around! 5 7 8" w x 3 3 8" d x 1 3 16" t and in good condition.