Charming Hybrid: Early 19th C. Painted Box with Folk Art Needlepoint Cover carved pine figure Paste down end paper

Paste down end paper

I think it would be absolutely the perfect thing in a cabin owned by a family whose last name started with a T

And then the real fur hat

with dramatic black and white etching illustrations throughout as well as a number of full page maps

his head and hands hard papier mache and his body a wire spring hidden underneath his brown cloth jumpsuit

Charming Hybrid: Early 19th C. Painted Box with Folk Art Needlepoint Cover carved pine figure Paste down end paperJust my sort of thing a special thing to begin with, made all the more special long long ago with the addition of a very folky needlepoint, secured to the top of the box. The box is c. 1820s 30s I believe, Northern European I have had a couple similar with dome tops, quite coveted things, but have not seen a slant top example like this painted with colorful little houses on all sides framed by trees and ground and deep blue sky. Whether it was some