Stunning Antique Bentwood Handle Wooden Pantry Box in Blue Paint folk art bull and not at all detracting

and not at all detracting

1950s brass alphabet stencils

While flat and created as a sculpture rather than to be worn

I believe this box would have been used to store tobacco

or all sorts of other treasures (I might use it for storing quarters and foreign currencies I invariably bring back from travels and lose track of)--and one could put a small lock on it to keep the contents secure

Stunning Antique Bentwood Handle Wooden Pantry Box in Blue Paint folk art bull and not at all detractingI'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