1787 Brass Iserlohn Box Impressed with Rune Calendar / Perpetual Almanac folk art pedestal all the more for trials

all the more for trials he's surely been through

Look at his striped purple tights

and I think it very likely portrays Ann on her wedding day (wedding photos would not have been possible

Some of my very favorite things hanging on my walls are textiles

and I must say they completely captivated me with their beauty

1787 Brass Iserlohn Box Impressed with Rune Calendar / Perpetual Almanac folk art pedestal all the more for trialsFascinating! This is a brass snuff tobacco box dated 1787, which I found in Maine but I believe is Swedish, made by a C. Norman and titled EN BESTANDIG ALMANACH RUNSTAVEN FRSVENSKAD (Permanent Almanac Runic calendar.). Each side portrays half the year, month by month, together completing the year, with very densely packed rows of letters, numbers and symbols marking the days (letters A G correspond to the seven days of the week), numbers mixed in