Antique wooden typography drawer

This small drawer came from a very old printing shop that was completely renovated and of the several pieces of furniture and old objects that I have, which were almost all for museum and exhibition purposes, I only managed to keep this small drawer. It is a typographic drawer. It's made of wood and I think it's pine wood, as you can see from the photos. It's a drawer for putting type. Types are the letters and numbers of the metal alphabet that served to compose the texts, so the drawer is divided into small squares, precisely to separate the letters. Each square contained a letter, number or character. All the squares are the same size, except for a rectangle on the front which is twice the size (see photos). So it has 7 (seven) squares vertically and 8 (eight) squares horizontally. As I said in the middle there is a rectangle. At the front it still has the metal handle and it is the only side painted grey. As you can see the drawer is very stained with ink, industrial oil grease, printing chemicals, it has very dark and very dirty parts. It has very dark and dirty parts. The drawer handle is also very rusty with the chrome coming off and slightly bent, dented. The drawer has also been attacked by pests and I think it has been treated, retouched and reinforced with a beige putty, so we can see on the front, corners and even on the back these stains, but there are still some marks left from the pests (please see the photos and video well). These stains left by the putty are very evident but it is very consistent and as I said they reinforce the wood that was stung inside by pests. The old wood is also cracked, like the wood on the base or on the back (see photos) and with dark stains. It is important to see all the photos, if you need I can send other photos of details. This drawer is presented as I found it, I just cleaned and treated it, I didn't do any kind of intervention. Despite its worn and used appearance, this drawer is in good vintage condition.

Ref. : A52SVZBK