Baccae Lauri (Laurel Berries) Antique Hand-painted Apothecary Tin antique cartds and I find it just

and I find it just exactly right--super seductive in a perfectly unfussy way

1 3/16" wide at knees when fully closed

on both ends in most cases

Sold as the set of 4

Very early 20th century I would think and clearly French

Baccae Lauri (Laurel Berries) Antique Hand-painted Apothecary Tin antique cartds and I find it justContinuing the language theme connecting many of today's listings, what a terrific pair of words is Baccae Lauri, hand painted in black against cream on this lovely 19th century Apothecary tin. The tin would have once held laurel berries, used since ancient times as astringents, stimulants, and stomachics; applied to insect bites and stings and scalp eruptions(!), and used to treat rheumatism. I love the phrase's associations with higher learning,