Antique Folk Art Box with Gilded Carved Decoration tote bag to greet one at breakfast-time

to greet one at breakfast-time

Reardon was likely not a super accomplished artist

has not been cleaned

Plate itself is in very good condition

but based on the color

Antique Folk Art Box with Gilded Carved Decoration tote bag to greet one at breakfast-timeI love a chip carved tramp art box with lots of stacked layers, but I also love a more unusual hand carved box with a tramp y flavor, which is how I think of this one. The interlacing braided lattice pattern is all hand done, quite a skillful and laborious effort, then painted gold, which is still bright but mellowed some over what Id guess is about 100 years. The interior is lined in what appears to be hand printed paper, with a silver and gold