Mid 19th C. Grain Painted Box (Eyes and Arches) gibbet The leather hinge connecting the

The leather hinge connecting the lid to base on the back side is mostly split but one wouldn't know it when closed

just old fold lines

There is a clarity and boldness to watercolor drawings in this manner that I find as good and satisfying as just about anything

4 3/4” x 6 3/4”

Mid 19th C. Grain Painted Box (Eyes and Arches) gibbet The leather hinge connecting theI'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