Primitive Wooden Letter Holder or Wall Pocket for the pottery collector The deep hatbox style lid

The deep hatbox style lid fits snugly over the high-sided container

how much fun to build an outfit around this

The coasters are in very good condition

It  bears the company name and location on the interior bottom of the box and I believe likely dates to the second decade of the 20th century

a Beat collector

Primitive Wooden Letter Holder or Wall Pocket for the pottery collector The deep hatbox style lidAnother example of the simpler the better and more beautiful: this is about as straight forward a wall hanging mail (or anything) holder as one could conceive, and as such I think it is just perfect. It consists of four pieces of wood, joined to one another by small nails and then by four pieces of wire strung through holes and neatly twisted along the bottom edge. It's got a great patina and a couple of little chips in the wood that I think just add