Mid 19th C. Grain Painted Box (Eyes and Arches) gibbet 4 3/4” x 6 3/4”

4 3/4” x 6 3/4”

just old fold lines

which operated between 1909 and 1931 and specialized in automotive toys with friction and flywheel mechanisms

but I've included a photo of him at work

It could use a little sharpening I think

Mid 19th C. Grain Painted Box (Eyes and Arches) gibbet 4 3/4” x 6 3/4”I've become deeply enamored with 19th century paint decorated boxes, grain painted especially, and think this one, c. 1850s and made of pine, I believe, is really a beauty. A sort of mustardy yellow with a darker pigmented shade over top applied through a combination of freehand brush strokes and comb application. I love the long, gently arching lines across the front, like a rainbow, and then what look like eyes split right down the middle on the