Highly Empathetic Old Homemade Wooden Box with Curious Joints and Many Drill Holes bathing beauty bottle “Prattware” refers to the underglaze

“Prattware” refers to the underglaze polychrome printing process

constructed over the base of a broken glass or candlestick

no cracks or issues

gives a sense of  forward motion to the whole scene

is the location of Krakow

Highly Empathetic Old Homemade Wooden Box with Curious Joints and Many Drill Holes bathing beauty bottle “Prattware” refers to the underglazeA number of boxes this week that won my heart in one way or another, this very much one of them. Super patina, nice long size and shape, white cloth label turning one corner telling us it once held large and medium wood drills, small files and screw drivers. And then small holes drilled into the top and sides in a semi regular pattern putting the drills to trial, I presume, while also evoking a sense that this could also have been put to use as a bait