Gorgeous Antique Carrier in Original Paint with Make Do Handle Mrs. Tasker Orme and Brown in London

Orme and Brown in London

Though it's also just nice to look at

a series of small engravings depicting fables

which appears to have been rendered on the back of a white paper receipt or wrapper

Gorgeous Antique Carrier in Original Paint with Make Do Handle Mrs. Tasker Orme and Brown in LondonGorgeous. I love antique wooden carriers like this as a form, but usually let them go but the old salmon colored paint on this one, and especially the "make do" handle, make it especially special, and beautiful, so I was sold in one second flat. The handle is a separate piece of wood, like a basket handle (and may indeed once have belonged to a basket), notched and carved so as to just extend one side, with fat nails securing it. Perfectly fitted, and