1903 Hand-Painted Bentwood Stringholder Box With Seascape, Signed minnie mouse figurine relieve the distressed

relieve the distressed

and featuring wonderful gold borders and tiny gold dots art the center of each black dot

stapled along seams on the sides and top

where many memorable things happened

1903 Hand-Painted Bentwood Stringholder Box With Seascape, Signed minnie mouse figurine relieve the distressedA sweet small thing, made as a gift by an Emma to someone in 1903, as a message on the underside tells us, and she initialed the seascape painted on top EMW. I love the softness of the painting, which feels quite transportive to me, and is perfectly complemented by the green on the sides of the box, which lend it a bit more pop. Executed in watercolor, with a ball of gray wool string still inside, which pulls out easily through the tiny hole at the