Huge Painted Red FLOUR Tin with Excellent Lettering antique toleware box and I guess the pair

and I guess the pair of wonderfully snake-like recessed forms at the top represent hooks or perhaps clasps that would have been forged on it

in the first half of the 20th century

I think this is one to buy for oneself and for one's own exclusive use

I'd say--but also sort of a cheerful minimalist piece of sculpture just as it is

6 5/8" t x 5 1/2" w x 7/8" thick

Huge Painted Red FLOUR Tin with Excellent Lettering antique toleware box and I guess the pairA whole lot of flour would fit in this one which perhaps once lived in a big farm kitchen where many many loaves were baked, or maybe at a summer camp. Whatever the case, no way could I resist those big white painted letters against that best red. Good for storing all one's bags of white and whole wheat and gluten free and whatever else or take it as a double entendre and fill with gardening tools and supplies! 12 1 2" in diameter x 10" tall. Some