1787 Brass Iserlohn Box Impressed with Rune Calendar / Perpetual Almanac folk art pedestal and I must say they

and I must say they completely captivated me with their beauty

all the more for trials he's surely been through

already holding three arrows

in addition to the images these varied marks forms

Some of my very favorite things hanging on my walls are textiles

1787 Brass Iserlohn Box Impressed with Rune Calendar / Perpetual Almanac folk art pedestal and I must say theyFascinating! This is a brass snuff tobacco box dated 1787, which I found in Maine but I believe is Swedish, made by a C. Norman and titled EN BESTANDIG ALMANACH RUNSTAVEN FRSVENSKAD (Permanent Almanac Runic calendar.). Each side portrays half the year, month by month, together completing the year, with very densely packed rows of letters, numbers and symbols marking the days (letters A G correspond to the seven days of the week), numbers mixed in