Big Old Metal Tool Box with Chippy Red and Cream Paint educational gift I do hope Ada came

I do hope Ada came home eventually

Good as soap dishes or trinket trays if not on the table

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best of all those beautifully carved untied laces

I am not certain the age of this piece but know it has been held in a folk art collection for at least the past 25 years

Big Old Metal Tool Box with Chippy Red and Cream Paint educational gift I do hope Ada cameTo me, this is about as perfect as an old tool box gets, large enough to hold anything and everything, and with a hard working life behind it but many years of use in it yet. But what really makes it is its fantastic surface, with red over cream over gray chippy paint on the front and top, and cream on the back and sides, with stenciled numbers too, and rust creeping in around the edges. Yum. The front latch still closes tightly, with room for a lock