Antique 8 Inch Bentwood Pantry Box with Original Dry Wood Patina sewing box I have searched a bunch

I have searched a bunch and not found another set like these (I would buy them up if I could find them)

though the lead weight once attached to the bottom was at some point removed

telling nothing more than the day of the month

) And especially nice I think is that the hooks that were once attached to the ends have been removed

Good antique condition with a great presence

Antique 8 Inch Bentwood Pantry Box with Original Dry Wood Patina sewing box I have searched a bunchIm not a connoisseur of antique pantry boxes, but I do look at them a lot, and occasionally one calls to meand I try to listen if the price tag is not prohibitive, which it most of the time is! This one, 19th century New England I believe, I like for the bleed of the iron nails down the front, and for the warm dry wood patina all over. Also there is what looks to me like a drawing on the underside of the lid, which, though I could be seeing things,