Wrico Complete "Cinema Title" Lettering Set No. 20 in Original Dovetail Wooden Box vintage bowling pins These hand-carved wooden ducks

These hand-carved wooden ducks

like rolling hills along horizon lines

used for sweeping eraser crumbs off of blueprints

The hand-painted design--really a drawing on clay--reminds me of a  map with shape-shifting land masses

Wrico Complete "Cinema Title" Lettering Set No. 20 in Original Dovetail Wooden Box vintage bowling pins These hand-carved wooden ducksI first grabbed this lovely wooden box for its great shape and dovetailed corners, but then was excited to discover a complete vintage lettering set inside! It was made by Wrico, the Wood Regan Instrument Co, NJ, which made a range of different lettering instruments and sets; this one was designed specifically for "enabling any amateur movie maker to make professional looking titles in less than half the time it would take an expert!" The set includes