Wonderful, One of a Kind c. 1870 Complete Perpetual Calendar with Handwritten Notes Across Generations kitchen containers as the lid sits at

as the lid sits at just the slightest bit off square (maybe 1-2 degrees)

I found this little chest in Upstate New York and was--am--totally charmed by it

I especially love the banded decoration and strong use of black on this one

and certainly iconic feeling

and hinges in excellent shape

Wonderful, One of a Kind c. 1870 Complete Perpetual Calendar with Handwritten Notes Across Generations kitchen containers as the lid sits atAmong my very favorite recent finds, this perpetual calendar dates to no later than 1870 or so, as there a number of dated handwritten notes on fronts and backs of the monthly inserts, recording exceptional weather events in the early 1870s (snow on Oct 18 19, 1871, big snow storm March 31, 1872, etc.) Especially beautiful to me is that another set of notes were added in the 1940s "Brian's birthday" on Feb 15, the return of Ian Buchanan from WW2 on