18th Century "Deposite No. 1" Painted Wood Panel the hard we do now it's really quite a great

it's really quite a great looking thing to have sitting on the bar

Peach: approx 2 3/4" t x 2 3/4" in diameter

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

and then again

one near the lower right edge

18th Century "Deposite No. 1" Painted Wood Panel the hard we do now it's really quite a greatA 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