Birch Bark Antique Lidded Box with Leather Pull miniature chest and the lower portion is

and the lower portion is what has been framed

Over the bottom third a cream glaze has been added

I'd use it as a tray underneath a couple of great wooden boxes or objects

I found this one at Brimfield and have looked at a lot since--and while there are some more elaborate

Birch Bark Antique Lidded Box with Leather Pull miniature chest and the lower portion isThis is a wonderful old birch bark box with a great form and patina, and wonderful scalloped edges around the bark of the exterior, which is wrapped around the box and nicely tucked in at the end. A leather pull on the top with scalloped edge matches. I believe this box would have been used to store tobacco, and I have seen very similar examples described as Native American, primarily dating to the mid to late 19th century. There are a series of X's