18th Century "Deposite No. 1" Painted Wood Panel the hard we do now all with balletic grace

all with balletic grace

and track sales and purchases of many things

but the seaweed is perfectly preserved and really lovely

with these great lightening bolt-like gills) and the target to which it is glued

with what look to me like hand-forced nails for the the pegs

18th Century "Deposite No. 1" Painted Wood Panel the hard we do now all with balletic graceA simple, very old thing, to me just completely gorgeous. I know from a little research that "deposite" is an archaic form of the word deposit, but I have had a bit of a hard time understanding in what all manners it was used I believe used in relation to financial deposits, for sure, but I am not sure whether also relating to mail, for example. There are two holes along one edge of the panel showing that it was hinged to something else I would guess