Great Old Pine Knife Box / Carrying Caddy with Original Red Paint vin tage ephemera originally painted the red that

originally painted the red that shows on the backside

which I'd guess is where coins would be dumped out

and snatch them up whenever I do

and also because it's fun to play with a set of double nines

but especially the flurry of stitches for the mouth and whiskers

Great Old Pine Knife Box / Carrying Caddy with Original Red Paint vin tage ephemera originally painted the red thatOne sees a lot of these sorts of boxes around, sometimes called knife or utensil boxes, sometimes tool caddies, etc., and really handy for all sorts of things. I usually let them go, but the honest elegance and especially the old red paint on this one completely won me, and I find it really a very beautiful thing. Gorgeous aging to the paint, nice old fat nails visible around the perimeter of the underside, and not a fussy thing about it. 15 15 16" x