Spice, Clams and Pickels, Old Hand-carved Wooden Groceries List with Pegs worlds biggest show Really a smart looking old

Really a smart looking old chess or checkerboard with red and black painted squares numbered in white

Happy New Year

with a very nice patina

I would guess it was made in the 1950s or 60s

Approx 5" long x 2 3/4" tall x 2 3/8" wide

Spice, Clams and Pickels, Old Hand-carved Wooden Groceries List with Pegs worlds biggest show Really a smart looking oldSuch a fun one which was definitely made to be used, with carved pegs for keeping track of whether eggs or lard, butter or tomattoes [sic] were needed. I I love a good list, all the better a carved one, and really like the mix of items here, and the order in which they appear revealing an active thought process of ticking through the necessities, but in a bit of a jumping around associative sort of order, as is very human soap to soup, matches to oil