Sweet Handmade Crate Wood Sewing Chest in Original Paint vase with flower but liked both the message

but liked both the message and the manner of this old sign so much

17" long x 8 3/4" tall x 4 7/8" wide

and they seem

this one has a mother at her side (and with a cross around her neck)

Early 20th c I believe

Sweet Handmade Crate Wood Sewing Chest in Original Paint vase with flower but liked both the messageI try to avoid buying things larger than a 12x12x12 box will accommodate, but don't always succeed! I spotted this three drawer plus one sewing chest, constructed of crate wood, at Brimfield and it just won me, between its original sea foam blue green paint and tall narrow form and those round nobs dotting the top perimeter like fencing around the top drawer. The top of that drawer has holes for pegs for holding spools two of which remain, which I've