18th Century "Deposite No. 1" Painted Wood Panel the hard we do now with no splits or cracks

with no splits or cracks or chips

with these great lightening bolt-like gills) and the target to which it is glued

but the seaweed is perfectly preserved and really lovely

all with balletic grace

and more recently for Pukeberg and Rejmyre glass works

18th Century "Deposite No. 1" Painted Wood Panel the hard we do now with no splits or cracksA simple, very old thing, to me just completely gorgeous. I know from a little research that "deposite" is an archaic form of the word deposit, but I have had a bit of a hard time understanding in what all manners it was used I believe used in relation to financial deposits, for sure, but I am not sure whether also relating to mail, for example. There are two holes along one edge of the panel showing that it was hinged to something else I would guess