Antique Gravel Covered, Wire Hinged Folk Art Box with Original Green and Red Painted Interior West Virginia postcard This I believe is one

This I believe is one of the most amazing things I've ever found

dyed a darker brown

some wear to the wood and paint around the edges and sides

Plenty of old stains

they issued a set of 10 of these depicting athletes wearing jerseys from that school engaged in different sports: runner

Antique Gravel Covered, Wire Hinged Folk Art Box with Original Green and Red Painted Interior West Virginia postcard This I believe is oneI really love this one. I seem to recall seeing a box or two covered like this in what I only know to describe as a sort of fine gravel, but I don't know when that was a thing to do. Whether that surface is original to the box or applied a bit later I am not sure, but the bottom of the box shows much softened original green paint, and I am pretty certain the green and red painted interior are of the same age, original to it, as are the wire hinges all