Charming Vintage Painted Wooden Box with Shenandoah Valley Style Decoration sterilized japan printed on matte paper

printed on matte paper

and the head screwed to the black painted custom base from the underside

but aura-full and luminous feeling with that blue

rusting to some needles

I'd guess this oversized reproduction was made in the mid-20th century (though I have found no others like it) and was beautifully done--solid bronze

Charming Vintage Painted Wooden Box with Shenandoah Valley Style Decoration sterilized japan printed on matte paperI would guess maybe 1940s on this box but I am not completely certain. I love it for the hand painted decoration, which I think might be best described as Shenandoah Valley in style, somewhat in the manner of Johannes Spitler (1774 1837). What do I know, I just think it is lovely, and the bright yellow interior, too. Carefully hand painted, with some aging to the paint for sure, and I especially love the two intersectiing blooms at center, like