1914-1917 Beautifully Crafted Folk Art Inlaid Wood Souvenir Box antique scrapbook drawings whose white buds then bright

whose white buds then bright fruit would make the green seem all the richer

The round form with tall edge is perfectly imperfect

Painting: 14 x 11 1/8"

and with its gorgeous painterly glazing has a different personality from every angle

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1914-1917 Beautifully Crafted Folk Art Inlaid Wood Souvenir Box antique scrapbook drawings whose white buds then brightI've got a real soft spot for inlaid folk art wooden boxes like this one, which, like the best tramp art, embody a combination of skill, individual creativity and lots of patient labor, with the dates on either short end of this one suggesting it took three years to finish! A hundred plus years later it remains in beautiful condition, with just the tiniest bit of loss: two super thin vertical strips at the front corners, super minor, and the wood and