C. 1880s Spice Box with Hand-lettered--and Spice Filled!--Tin Canisters Dorman hardware storage Impatience

Impatience

" I thought it likely that Mary did this herself

as if embodying the catharsis on the other side of a good loud scream

I have wall to wall

with an oddly positioned--and anatomically suggestive

C. 1880s Spice Box with Hand-lettered--and Spice Filled!--Tin Canisters Dorman hardware storage ImpatienceI purchased this in Pennsylvania, from a dealer specializing in 19th century stoneware bottles and crocks but from whom I've purchased a few other sorts of treasures. What really sold me was the beautiful hand painted gold lettering on the spice boxes in that best font. Only later did I discover that those boxes were still full of spices, a happy surprise! The cloves box is clearly filled with cloves indeed, but I'm not entirely sure what mix of dried