Antique Gravel Covered, Wire Hinged Folk Art Box with Original Green and Red Painted Interior West Virginia postcard turtle-necked Paul with shadow covering

turtle-necked Paul with shadow covering half his face

Plenty of old stains

they issued a set of 10 of these depicting athletes wearing jerseys from that school engaged in different sports: runner

or a one off creation of creative maker who combined treen canister

Antique Gravel Covered, Wire Hinged Folk Art Box with Original Green and Red Painted Interior West Virginia postcard turtle-necked Paul with shadow coveringI really love this one. I seem to recall seeing a box or two covered like this in what I only know to describe as a sort of fine gravel, but I don't know when that was a thing to do. Whether that surface is original to the box or applied a bit later I am not sure, but the bottom of the box shows much softened original green paint, and I am pretty certain the green and red painted interior are of the same age, original to it, as are the wire hinges all