Civil War Era Large Wallpaper Box with Newspaper Lining dream drawing I think from different statues

I think from different statues as the concrete feels different between the two and this one shows a steel rather than iron structure inside

15 7/8” w x 11 1/8” t x 1 1/16” and in very good condition

but would be a handy thing to stash all of one's stuff inside in order to move from table to table

12 3/4" x 10 1/2" x 9" t

some scratches

Civil War Era Large Wallpaper Box with Newspaper Lining dream drawing I think from different statuesNot perfect, but at 150+ years and made of paper, I'd say it's held up pretty well. I love these old wallpaper hat boxes for the lovely hand printed wallpaper, of course, and for their construction, and perhaps especially for their newspaper linings, which tell all sorts of stories about the time when they were made and about their maker, too. This one, which includes a date of 1868, is lined in papers from Boston and Portland, ME, which along with