Pretty Little Scandanavian Wrapped Birch Bark Box with Painted Flowers stereoscopic slides This is a late 19th

This is a late 19th century enamel painted French cast iron spittoon

I believe printed then hand-colored

and really quite a special thing I think

or keep it on the table filled with water or red wine

Pretty Little Scandanavian Wrapped Birch Bark Box with Painted Flowers stereoscopic slides This is a late 19thA pretty little Scandinavian birch bark box with leather pull nice age to it and a few painted flowers on the lid, too. These were traditionally made by members of the Smi or Saami culture, indigenous Finno Ugric people inhabiting northern Norway, Sweden, Finland and the Kola Peninsula, historically known in English as Lapps or Laplanders who used birch bark for everything from boxes to buoys. This one would have been made for the tourist trade, 1st