Mid 19th C. Grain Painted Box (Eyes and Arches) gibbet First Edition

First Edition

It could use a little sharpening I think

but I've included a photo of him at work

Box measures 5 1/4" x 6 1/2"

Mid 19th C. Grain Painted Box (Eyes and Arches) gibbet First EditionI've become deeply enamored with 19th century paint decorated boxes, grain painted especially, and think this one, c. 1850s and made of pine, I believe, is really a beauty. A sort of mustardy yellow with a darker pigmented shade over top applied through a combination of freehand brush strokes and comb application. I love the long, gently arching lines across the front, like a rainbow, and then what look like eyes split right down the middle on the