Old Round Tin with Handpainted Modernist Lid (Couple Dings) change purse I do force myself to

I do force myself to resist a lot of them

(Hard to photograph because that black paint absorbs all the light--so I set it atop a block

complete with brown felt pads on the bottom

The bodies of most appear to be made of old tool handles

and the graphics on the box

Old Round Tin with Handpainted Modernist Lid (Couple Dings) change purse I do force myself toI found this painted tin in the same shop at the German enameled box with puppies listed today and they felt simpatico to me, as if this humble tin were painted by someone longing for a Bauhaus era German enameled box! There are few things I love more than aspirational transformations of mundane objects, and I think the lid here is pretty terrific. 5 5 8" diameter x 3 1 2" t. A couple of not inconsequential dings to the bottom of the tin, as