Miniature (13 1/2") Four Door Weathered Wooden Chest in Old Paint parlor drawing 1" box--just the box

1" box--just the box

showing white

I think this vintage mid-century brass piggy bank would make the perfect gift for the young and emerging collector (i

6 1/4" long x 7/8" thick

I've since learned that this bellhop was produced in conjunction with a Philip Morris cigarette advertising campaign launched in 1933

Miniature (13 1/2") Four Door Weathered Wooden Chest in Old Paint parlor drawing 1" box--just the boxQuite an evocative feeling piece I think (better, as almost always, than photos!), I assume made for storing doll clothes or dishes and whatnot, but useful now for housing all sorts of small things. Clearly it has had quite a life, with what looks like a few layers of paint on it, though I find it a bit hard to tell exactly how it's surface came to be and the sides and back are something else as well. (It looks feels to me like the yellow detail on