1843 "Bread Book" cloisonne tray and comes off entirely

and comes off entirely

Box is in good antique condition

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

and it is perfectly housed in an antique lemon gold frame

mended on reverse

1843 "Bread Book" cloisonne tray and comes off entirelyI 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