Shaker-esque 19th Century Folk Art Cigar Box Wood Spice or Sewing Box with Two Drawers carved wood foot and some mythic ones

and some mythic ones

10 1/8 x 2 and in good antique condition

And the density and energy of all that fine black ink mark-making really does it for me

It is a Hake brush

Shaker-esque 19th Century Folk Art Cigar Box Wood Spice or Sewing Box with Two Drawers carved wood foot and some mythic onesBased in the cigar box wood from which it was very lovingly constructed, I believe this little chest dates to the late 19th century, and I find it a complete charmer of a thing with "Selection" arching across the top, terrific faceted form to the top compartment, which opens to reveal cloth hinges to either side of an ivy vine. Two drawers below with original wooden handles, and scalloped edges along the bottom. Feels Shaker meets tramp art to me,