Shop Counter with Till Drawer, General Store Miniature

A shopkeeper's counter seen from the working side. The front is fitted with a bank of small drawers with round knobs and two panelled cupboard doors, and one drawer is shown pulled open to reveal a divided till tray. On the top sit a wrapping-paper roll on a stand and a closed ledger or box. The counter stands on a moulded plinth. Country general stores were the hub of small towns in the late 1800s and early 1900s, selling everything from flour and coffee to penny candy across a long wooden cou…

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