Beautiful Old Wood and Wire Rack, Presumed Extra Large Farmhouse Egg Carrier wooden dial with numbers I think these were made

I think these were made for lab use and to withstand very high heats

with its clean lines and unexpected pastel palette and the squared black cap on top

all of which I think are just fabulous

and found it way too good not to bring home

and equally so from both sides

Beautiful Old Wood and Wire Rack, Presumed Extra Large Farmhouse Egg Carrier wooden dial with numbers I think these were madeFound in Vermont the other day, this just struck me as a very beautiful thing, with a poetry to the way each arch of wire differs a bit in form from the next, together creating a delicate sort of field that feels like a 3 dimensional line drawing floating like a cloud above the wooden armature. I believe the original function was as a tray for holding and carrying eggs and a good lot of eggs it would have carried! All sorts of creative ways one might