19th C. Handmade Black Painted Pine Box with Wire Hinges penny Not for everyone I'm sure

Not for everyone I'm sure

(He doesn’t look especially happy about it

or it could certainly be used as a planter or small serving bowl

Lots of its original red paint left on this 19th century tole painted tin cup

and these I think are about as good as it gets

19th C. Handmade Black Painted Pine Box with Wire Hinges penny Not for everyone I'm sureI don't always have the easiest time selling old boxes, especially relatively plain ones whose charms are subtle, but every time I visited the little shop in Maine where I found this one I was be struck by it, so, finally, after three or four viewings I had to bring it home! It's actually just the sort of box that I love most, honest and useful, with its beauty deriving from its construction, function and use over time. I love the shallow carve out of