Stunning Antique Bentwood Handle Wooden Pantry Box in Blue Paint red apple and that the artist

and that the artist

I thought they would make great paperweights

) Down the front/toe of the boot the pins punctuate embroidered laces

labeled with an arrow at center

apparently first introduced in speak easy's

Stunning Antique Bentwood Handle Wooden Pantry Box in Blue Paint red apple and that the artistI'm not an expert on antique bentwood pantry boxes, but I've looked at enough to recognize a really beautiful and beautifully constructed one, and this, though missing a lid, is most definitely is that to me it completely embodies why one might become obsessed with antique bentwood pantry boxes! The blue paint is, to my eye, just out of this world, as is the bleed from the neat row of fat iron nails down the seam. 19th century New England I believe