Beautiful Antique Tin Sleeve with Ultra Painterly Patina, Filled with Brushes as Found large jug creamy white hand-painted capital letters

creamy white hand-painted capital letters against rusty surface really do it for me on this sign

On the interior of one is hand-written "8"

and it has a terrific humble delicacy about it

since it was made with a loop at top for hanging

captioned "Fighting for the flag

Beautiful Antique Tin Sleeve with Ultra Painterly Patina, Filled with Brushes as Found large jug creamy white hand-painted capital lettersPhotos do no real justice to the surface on this antique soldered tin brush holder every bit as satisfying to my eye as a really beautiful old painter's palette, and only after falling in love with it did I realize there were a bunch of nice paint brushes inside. Really a beautiful thing, which conjures romantic notions of plein air painting somewhere beautiful. 10 3 8" l x 2 3 8" x 1" Gorgeous painterly patina, lid fits and holds tightly, brushes in