Satisfying 19th C. Painted Documents Box leaded glass or for taking apple picking

or for taking apple picking

also known for his work as the director of the National Gallery in London (1874-94) during a major period of collection building

an English painter and illustrator known for animals and landscapes

as Smiley went on to earn her BA at Sarah Lawrence and to work as a painter and curator in NY until moving to Wellesley

Other than a bit of of loss of blue paint on some

Satisfying 19th C. Painted Documents Box leaded glass or for taking apple pickingI've been paying more attention lately to early painting techniques as applied to the decoration of utilitiarian objects, from smoke painting to to a huge variety of approaches to grain painting originally used to imitate the look of more expensive woods, but really taking on a life of its own as a form of creative expression. (What I am really coveting now is a thumb print painted box!) This is not a fancy box it was made to be used, and has been,