Primitive Old Handmade Slide Top Box skeleton in coffin tiny but terrific

tiny but terrific

with no chips or splits or other issues whatsoever

1920-30s Zanesville I believe

same base design

Primitive Old Handmade Slide Top Box skeleton in coffin tiny but terrificJust a beautifully humble old slide top box, which looks to me as if pretty subtly grain painted, and which has a really great feel to it. Finger jointed corners, sliding lid with a carved divot for pulling, and I believe made of crate wood, with an old 69 stamped on its bottom. Large and low, perfect for holding a bunch of smallish drawings or love letters or whatever! 11 3 4 x 9 x 2 1 4 and in good condition, with a small loss to the very end of the