Antique Painter's Travel Box with Palette and Latching Compartments finger joints I'm a sucker for a

I'm a sucker for a carved shoe or boot to begin with

and some rusting to the bells themselves

with an interesting shape and wonderful scalloped edges

and the profile of a dog in the one to its right (and maybe also an embracing couple just underneath it)

including for the men and women standing around with hoes in their hands (and pink and yellow striped piles of hay) makes me purely happy

Antique Painter's Travel Box with Palette and Latching Compartments finger joints I'm a sucker for aI really love these old painter's boxes, especially those still holding their original palettes, and will always scoop them up when I find them. C. 1870s, clearly well used, with all of its original components (less the paints and pots and brushes that would have been acquired to fill it.) The lid of the rear section pulls up to reveal grooves for tubes of paint or charcoals pastels, and the front section's top tray (meant for holding brushes) lifts