Antique "Compositio" Hand-painted Tin dark wood box Produced by Marbell Stone Art

Produced by Marbell Stone Art

early set of celluloid checkers or draughts pieces to encourage putting those old checker boards to use

the hand pump moving up and down

The puzzle top opens and closes through three moves--first swinging out the short top piece of the lid

Antique "Compositio" Hand-painted Tin dark wood box Produced by Marbell Stone ArtI find the hand painted black against cream "Compositio" lettering on the front of this antique tin just about as good as it gets; pure yum! I assume this was an apothecary tin, holding a mixture of some sort, but am not entirely certain. There is some text written on the inside of the lid, which looks to read 10 cents each followed with an 8. 5 which I might guess meant ounces or grams per unit. And a date: November 8, 189_, the exact year faded by