Antique "Compositio" Hand-painted Tin jumbo crayons in pencil in the bottom

in pencil in the bottom right corner

and beautiful form to the shapes of the suits

and so it's pretty amazing that he's still squeaking after all these years

which I think just adds to the appeal

Between the overall form

Antique "Compositio" Hand-painted Tin jumbo crayons in pencil in the bottomI find the hand painted black against cream "Compositio" lettering on the front of this antique tin just about as good as it gets; pure yum! I assume this was an apothecary tin, holding a mixture of some sort, but am not entirely certain. There is some text written on the inside of the lid, which looks to read 10 cents each followed with an 8. 5 which I might guess meant ounces or grams per unit. And a date: November 8, 189_, the exact year faded by