Great Old Pine Knife Box / Carrying Caddy with Original Red Paint British seaweed pressing 1919-2001) when I purchased this

1919-2001) when I purchased this piece

it reveals itself slowly

the mole signed R

perhaps dating to the 1940s or or so

I believe the stone is rose quartz

Great Old Pine Knife Box / Carrying Caddy with Original Red Paint British seaweed pressing 1919-2001) when I purchased thisOne sees a lot of these sorts of boxes around, sometimes called knife or utensil boxes, sometimes tool caddies, etc., and really handy for all sorts of things. I usually let them go, but the honest elegance and especially the old red paint on this one completely won me, and I find it really a very beautiful thing. Gorgeous aging to the paint, nice old fat nails visible around the perimeter of the underside, and not a fussy thing about it. 15 15 16" x