Satisfying 19th C. Painted Documents Box leaded glass and then a pile of

and then a pile of beaded glass strawberries one top and all around the base

where it will not leave scuffs on the floor or walls

One sees late 19th/earlyish 20th century tin lock boxes around

which is what allows one to see the construction

and women busy being industrious

Satisfying 19th C. Painted Documents Box leaded glass and then a pile ofI'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,