Striking Old Cut Metal Calf Weaner tin spice box but what a happy mix

but what a happy mix remains

Large box measures 8 1/2" x 12" x 3 1/2" and is completely filled with them

I really love these as three-dimensional paintings

circa 1960s

who signed one of the plums -- it looks to read "Painted by __ (

Striking Old Cut Metal Calf Weaner tin spice box but what a happy mixThis I do believe is the most striking and graphically satisfying calf weaner I've ever seen and there are some pretty excellent looking examples out there. Rather like bee boxes, calf weaners reflect a wide variety of solutions to a common problem: preventing calves from nursing while allowing them to graze, drink, and interact with their mothers. This one seems to me an especially elegant example, bearing a kinship with everything from medieval