Irvin Augur Bit Company Wooden Box with Center Stem Bits Brandon stoneware I think it is both

I think it is both wonderfully specific and transcendentally good

Exemplifying exquisite craft

Dating from around the late 19th century

I'd use this for coffee as well as tea

enduring design problems--or "patterns" (of which they identify 253)--and ways of approaching/solving them distilled from functionally and experientially rewarding places

Irvin Augur Bit Company Wooden Box with Center Stem Bits Brandon stoneware I think it is bothOh, what a fantastic old wooden box! I just love the semi secret bottom drawer that pulls out from one side, the slatted compartments, and the beautifully jointed back corners. And then there are all of these bits inside! There is a black label in great condition on the inside top of the box reading "The Irvin Auger Bit Company, Wilmington, Ohio " at the center, "Solid Center Stem Auger Bits" above it, and then to the right "Patented Oct. 21, 1884;