Primitive Old Handmade Slide Top Box skeleton in coffin same base design

same base design

I believe it was once held in sketchbook/notebook as the left edge is uneven

originating (according to Wikipedia) "in 1888 when Charles Martin Hall

I think over time there has been some sort of reaction in the purple and green paint

produced by the United States Playing Card Company (est

Primitive Old Handmade Slide Top Box skeleton in coffin same base designJust a beautifully humble old slide top box, which looks to me as if pretty subtly grain painted, and which has a really great feel to it. Finger jointed corners, sliding lid with a carved divot for pulling, and I believe made of crate wood, with an old 69 stamped on its bottom. Large and low, perfect for holding a bunch of smallish drawings or love letters or whatever! 11 3 4 x 9 x 2 1 4 and in good condition, with a small loss to the very end of the