Douglas Risely & Sons, Thrapston, England, Full Dead Stock Butcher Paper Roll studio pottery platter 21 3/8" not including post

21 3/8" not including post x 7 3/8 x 7/8

with a bit of darkening to the boxwood (which is buttery smooth and just gorgeous) of the exterior

With some fraying to the pink silk ribbon and loss to a couple of finger tips

though I think it is all to the good

and I believe once has a lid

Douglas Risely & Sons, Thrapston, England, Full Dead Stock Butcher Paper Roll studio pottery platter 21 3/8" not including postI found this untouched, huge roll of true butcher paper at an antiques shop in Maine, and know from the seller that it came out of a Maine estate, but the butcher shop in question, Douglas Risely & Sons, was located in Thrapston, England. One might think that when I go out hunting for things I am actively making choices, but more often it seems I am just there to let things choose me and this is one of those things that demanded I bring it home,