This is a wonderful copy and feels like quite a special thing to hold in your hands
(And I think it could be situated in the tradition of Shigaraki ware--rugged
6" long x 3/4" wide x 1/8" deep
This is one of two hand-painted watercolor textile designs I have in the shop by William Palmer
Someone appears to have valued it enough to carve
Antique 8 Inch Bentwood Pantry Box with Original Dry Wood Patina small still life painting This is a wonderful copyIm not a connoisseur of antique pantry boxes, but I do look at them a lot, and occasionally one calls to meand I try to listen if the price tag is not prohibitive, which it most of the time is! This one, 19th century New England I believe, I like for the bleed of the iron nails down the front, and for the warm dry wood patina all over. Also there is what looks to me like a drawing on the underside of the lid, which, though I could be seeing things,