Marguerite Evans Issacs, Large Mid-Century Oil on Masonite "Aerial View" Woodstock NY 18th century wrought iron I think it's quite possible

I think it's quite possible that the embroidery is older than the pouch itself--a remnant perhaps

all hardened now

A box this size with this level of ornamentation I believe would likely have been used for serving guests

carved from one piece of wood with the bark left on it

Marguerite Evans Issacs, Large Mid-Century Oil on Masonite "Aerial View" Woodstock NY 18th century wrought iron I think it's quite possibleI purchased this one from the estate of an artist near me I don't do a lot with mid century art, but this painting struck me, and got better and better the more I looked at it. Skillfully done, with a complex and viscerally satisfying surface as well as a certain elusiveness that keeps me looking and looking again. Signed on the back Marguerite Evans Isaacs, Woodstock NY, and titled "Aerial View" which makes perfect sense; perhaps that blue is the