Mid 19th C. Grain Painted Box (Eyes and Arches) gibbet which operated between 1909 and

which operated between 1909 and 1931 and specialized in automotive toys with friction and flywheel mechanisms

It could use a little sharpening I think

just old fold lines

who stamped (impressed) his name into the wood on one side

Mid 19th C. Grain Painted Box (Eyes and Arches) gibbet which operated between 1909 andI'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