1787 Brass Iserlohn Box Impressed with Rune Calendar / Perpetual Almanac orange bell arms wildly outstretched toward our

arms wildly outstretched toward our hero

There are a couple of small drawn marks on the marble near the top of the nose

for some years back in the day

and still charming

complete set in their original latched wooden box with gold decoration including laurel wreath at center (to inspire one to win

1787 Brass Iserlohn Box Impressed with Rune Calendar / Perpetual Almanac orange bell arms wildly outstretched toward ourFascinating! This is a brass snuff tobacco box dated 1787, which I found in Maine but I believe is Swedish, made by a C. Norman and titled EN BESTANDIG ALMANACH RUNSTAVEN FRSVENSKAD (Permanent Almanac Runic calendar.). Each side portrays half the year, month by month, together completing the year, with very densely packed rows of letters, numbers and symbols marking the days (letters A G correspond to the seven days of the week), numbers mixed in