Early 20th C. Basketry Covered Carved Barrel with Interior Drawer and Relief Carved Flowers antique grimaud The wings fold closed for

The wings fold closed for easy travel

when it was sold to Milton Bradley) was a New York publishing firm that pioneered color printing technologies in children's books

One hairline crack down from the lip at the rear of the lion and some bubbling to the glaze on the interior

Box measures 4 1/2" x 4 1/2" x 5/8"

Early 20th C. Basketry Covered Carved Barrel with Interior Drawer and Relief Carved Flowers antique grimaud The wings fold closed forI have seen (and bought and sold) exactly one other basketry covered carved barrel of this sort, that one dated 1922 and from Maine. This one I found in PA, but I might bet it was made by the same person, or some small community of individuals such a curious hybrid, and so particular, with the basketry seeming Native American, I'd speculate Mi'kmaq, and the rest very naive American folk tramp art. The basketry on that one was somewhat more elaborate,