Curious Miniature G.A.R (Civil War Veterans Fraternal) Ceramic Canteen with Rebus! classic design blocks It had been forever since

It had been forever since I found a nice old Burmese lacquer betel box

which redirects air from the hole in the mouthpiece

There is one nail sticking up at the center top

A large and chunky one

The sprayed on red is almost surreal (making me think they used the same red to paint a faux cherry pie

Curious Miniature G.A.R (Civil War Veterans Fraternal) Ceramic Canteen with Rebus! classic design blocks It had been forever sinceAnother curious one, which, as a lover of rebuses, there was no way I could resist though I'm not the least bit good solving them! I turned up a blog post devoted to miniature ceramic canteens, explaining them as a phenomenon of the Grand Army of the Republic (G. A. R.), a fraternal organization found in 1866 and composed of Civil War Union army navy marine veterans. (The miniature canteen form referencing canteens carried in combat.) And indeed, the