Fox and Crow, Earlyish 20th C. Brass Fable Button cauldron The color is a nice

The color is a nice warm caramel and the box is in great shape

but would guess it dates from the the 1930s or 40s

which does not impact smooth rolling

and very New England coast

known by the Name of Foxes

Fox and Crow, Earlyish 20th C. Brass Fable Button cauldron The color is a niceI don't typically buy and sell buttons, but I found this one a month or two in a shop from which I was also buying some extraordinary early embroidered trim, and just liked it perhaps especially for the fable of the fox and crow it illustrates: a warning against being vulnerable to flattery, which seems particularly relevant these days and especially apt communicated via a shiny object! Maybe the perfect if not so subtle gift for one's dear but too