18th Century "Deposite No. 1" Painted Wood Panel tramp art wall box Cigarette box measures 4 1/4”

Cigarette box measures 4 1/4” x 3 1/8" x 1 3/4”

and also a bit disdainful

and also a fair resemblance to some pieces designed by Ettore Sottsass for Bitossi

with its original dry

college students specifically

18th Century "Deposite No. 1" Painted Wood Panel tramp art wall box Cigarette box measures 4 1/4”A 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