Spice, Clams and Pickels, Old Hand-carved Wooden Groceries List with Pegs worlds biggest show It was created (and signed

It was created (and signed in syllabics) by carver and printmaker Basil Aptanik (b

I would guess it was made in the 1950s or 60s

with a very nice patina

sweating bullets with boot headed toward him

"Shabby chic" condition

Spice, Clams and Pickels, Old Hand-carved Wooden Groceries List with Pegs worlds biggest show It was created (and signedSuch a fun one which was definitely made to be used, with carved pegs for keeping track of whether eggs or lard, butter or tomattoes [sic] were needed. I I love a good list, all the better a carved one, and really like the mix of items here, and the order in which they appear revealing an active thought process of ticking through the necessities, but in a bit of a jumping around associative sort of order, as is very human soap to soup, matches to oil