1903 Hand-Painted Bentwood Stringholder Box With Seascape, Signed minnie mouse figurine I just found it--find it

I just found it--find it

where many memorable things happened

with a bit of light cracking and loss of paint in a few areas

the color is still very strong

There is a vertical fold to the cover and a few pages

1903 Hand-Painted Bentwood Stringholder Box With Seascape, Signed minnie mouse figurine I just found it--find itA sweet small thing, made as a gift by an Emma to someone in 1903, as a message on the underside tells us, and she initialed the seascape painted on top EMW. I love the softness of the painting, which feels quite transportive to me, and is perfectly complemented by the green on the sides of the box, which lend it a bit more pop. Executed in watercolor, with a ball of gray wool string still inside, which pulls out easily through the tiny hole at the