Antique Folk Art Paint Decorated Book Shaped Box with Snake Surprise! ethereal but such is clearly part

but such is clearly part of her lot in life as a woman of means

has lost part of its side and is stained along the lower edge of the lid

I find this vintage Dansk International Designs stoneware box

and that it is a very lovely and tender one

which is what I love about them--the most pared down (and I think very elegant) solutions to the task

Antique Folk Art Paint Decorated Book Shaped Box with Snake Surprise! ethereal but such is clearly partI'm forever on the hunt for these but they're hard to find, especially a good old one still functioning and even more so with such a brilliantly painted snake inside. Of the perfect scale, too. Plenty of wear to the paint stain on the exterior of the carved book shaped box, but some nice red and green painted detail at the corners still holding on, and most all of that best green on the sides and slide. Works very smoothly, and by sticking just a