MEN: Large Antique Hand-carved Letters with Traces of Gold Paint storage desk very delicate piece of seaweed

very delicate piece of seaweed

with a few small scrapes to the orange lacquer on the exterior and one crack to the black lacquer at the edge of one interior tray (see detailed photos)

is ready to give again

and with the prospect of snow melt on the horizon

everything else is there

MEN: Large Antique Hand-carved Letters with Traces of Gold Paint storage desk very delicate piece of seaweedPerhaps these antique carved letters once served as signage in a clothing or general store; I am not certain, but certainly lots of contexts in which they would be good now, and in my experience its pretty rare to find an original set of these together actually spelling a word! Over the years I'd guess they date to the late 19th early 20th c they've lost much of their original gilding, but some is hanging on lending a little glimmer when hung. Plenty