Colorful Lacquered Wood Nesting Boxes old iron change but most of the drawings

but most of the drawings are still bright and crisp and clear

and the perfect display pedestal for all sorts of things--though of course it's great as a stool

3" tall x 3/4" diameter

Mid 19th century or so New England

7 1/4 tall x 5 1/2" long x 2 1/4" wide and in great condition with a nice sense of age to the color

Colorful Lacquered Wood Nesting Boxes old iron change but most of the drawingsI've got a weakness for nesting boxes of all sorts, which I think dates back to a set of Russian nesting dolls I had as a child, which I vividly remember opening for the first time, to discover one doll after the next like never ending Christmas! So it was fun opening the largest box in this colorfully lacquered set to find many many more than I expected inside, down to too tiny to handle! I am not sure if these are Japanese or British or what.