Antique Handmade Intensely Pyrographed Triangular Box with Woman Wearing Cross carved wooden bull and perhaps the shade of

and perhaps the shade of a few leafy branches overhead

I also like the paper wrap around the outside reading "pins pins pins

as it feels like they want to rattle against each other

16 1/4" long x 10 3/4" tall x 1 3/4" deep

Glass measures approx 12 1/2" x 9 1/8" (visible area as framed is 10 1/16" x 8 1/8"

Antique Handmade Intensely Pyrographed Triangular Box with Woman Wearing Cross carved wooden bull and perhaps the shade ofI pass by a lot of old pyrographed boxes as the imagery tends to be fairly repetitive, but this one is its own special thing unusual in its triangular shape, intensely decorated with tiny pin prick marks all over, and with this lovely portrait of a woman with cross on top, looking herself intense in her devotion, which makes me think perhaps the box was made to hold a rosary. With cloth hinges secured with nice fat nails, and a patina that makes one