Gorgeous Old Carved Wooden Printing Letters (23) wood object but I find this battered

but I find this battered vintage X-ACTO knife box

Classic for a reason

with a hole in the center through which the handle of the churn would have fit

The metal piece itself was produced by the Ames Manufacturing Co

Structurally sound

Gorgeous Old Carved Wooden Printing Letters (23) wood object but I find this batteredI've never come across fully hand carved old printing letters like this before, and am just completely in love with them as objects, and all the more so for the mix of old black and white paint on the face of some of them, and dry wood on the rest. Each is carved from one piece of wood, with tapering handles of varying lengths, which would make them a joy to print with should one wish to put them to work, though I'm quite content just to look at them.