Beautiful Old Wood and Wire Rack, Presumed Extra Large Farmhouse Egg Carrier wooden dial with numbers I think these were made

I think these were made for lab use and to withstand very high heats

And so this little paper cut stands not just as a very intimate document of resourcefulness and resilience

It will sit nicely on a shelf

and equally so from both sides

it doesn't really look as if the ever had one

Beautiful Old Wood and Wire Rack, Presumed Extra Large Farmhouse Egg Carrier wooden dial with numbers I think these were madeFound in Vermont the other day, this just struck me as a very beautiful thing, with a poetry to the way each arch of wire differs a bit in form from the next, together creating a delicate sort of field that feels like a 3 dimensional line drawing floating like a cloud above the wooden armature. I believe the original function was as a tray for holding and carrying eggs and a good lot of eggs it would have carried! All sorts of creative ways one might