18th Century "Deposite No. 1" Painted Wood Panel the hard we do now and then again

and then again

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

one near the lower right edge

but the seaweed is perfectly preserved and really lovely

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18th Century "Deposite No. 1" Painted Wood Panel the hard we do now and then againA 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