Never Despair; Nothing Without Labour –
I’ve long been fascinated by the association between bees and woodworkers (and other laborers). Images of bees and skeps (early beehives) show up frequently on books and other ephemera related to woodworkers in the 19th and early 20th centuries. This week I stumbled on an enchanting 1905 image from the billhead of Bittner, Hunsicker & …