1843 "Bread Book" cloisonne tray uncased 19th c

uncased 19th c

is indeed well worn and threadbare in a few spots

there appears to be some fraktur style lettering done in black ink on the reverse

which in addition to its sheer beauty I love for the process it documents

plus two sweet goats and a mother and baby bunny

1843 "Bread Book" cloisonne tray uncased 19th cI bought this one just for the cover, with Bread Book handwritten in dark graphite letters against thick brown paper, which is darkened by stains across half of it, perhaps from oil spilled while baking! it appears definitely to have been the log order book of a baker, as the handwritten lists inside are for cakes and pies and crackers and loaves of bread by the dozen. Dated 1843 with a mix of filled and blank pages and, as an object, quite teeming